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New GOP Legislation To Make Mexican Drug Cartels Pay for Border Wall

House Republicans introduced legislation this week that would allow the federal government to use money and property seized from Mexican drug cartels to pay for border security, which could potentially break the gridlock in Washington over funding a wall.

Following President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on Tuesday night, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin announced his plans to reintroduce the Build Up Illegal Line Defenses With Assets Lawfully Lifted (BUILD WALL) Act.

According to a news release from the Republican, “This legislation would direct money and assets seized from Mexican drug cartels to be used to increase border security between the U.S./Mexican border.

“In addition to building a physical wall, the funding may also be used to construct other types of barriers or to implement technology-supported solutions where appropriate,” the release said.

Sensenbrenner argued his legislation offers a way out of the stalemate over funding the construction of a border barrier.

“This commonsense legislation will provide the necessary funding to completely secure our southern border and cut off the flow of gang members and drugs into our country,” he said. “Best of all, this can be done with minimal cost to the American taxpayer.

Sensenbrenner’s bill is being co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Phil Roe of Tennessee, Rob Bishop of Utan, Bob Gibbs of Ohio and Jody Hice of Georgia.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has pushed similar legislation in the Senate.

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Does Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Guzmán Have The $14 Billion The U.S. Wants From Him?  (Reprinted from Forbes )

U.S. authorities are seeking the "forfeiture of more than $14 billion in cash proceeds from narcotic sales" that Mexican drug lord Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán Loera, the leader of the world’s biggest narcotics cartel, has allegedly earned over a 30 year-long criminal career, the Department of Justice said in a statement last Friday. Guzmán was extradited to the U.S. last week. 

Guzmán pleaded not guilty to charges of running a multi-billion-dollar drug empire in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday. He is currently awaiting trial in a lower Manhattan maximum-security prison. Guzmán twice escaped from prison in Mexico. 

The 33-page indictment against El Chapo, filed in 2016 at the U.S. Eastern District of New York, does not dissect the $14 billion. It simply says that upon conviction, the U.S. will seek forfeiture of any property or contractual rights derived from the continuing criminal enterprise, "including but not limited to at least approximately a sum of money equal to $14 billion in United States currency."
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What a fantastic idea. Illegal drug profits paying for a wall, or security system, which would block, or hinder, illegal aliens, infectious diseases, human trafficking, Muslim terrorists, criminals, and narcotics smugglers. RB
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