Ted Cruz wants to pass the EL CHAPO Act to make drug lords fund the wall
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/429666-ted-cruz-wants-to-make-el-chapo-pay-for-border-trumps-border-wall
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday urged fellow senators to take swift action in passing his bill to make Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and other drug lords pay for a wall along the
U.S.-Mexico border.
“America’s justice system prevailed today in convicting Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka El Chapo, on all 10 counts,” Cruz tweeted shortly after Guzmán was convicted on all counts in New
York City on charges including narcotics trafficking, using a firearm in furtherance of his drug crimes and participating in a money laundering conspiracy.
“It’s time to pass my EL CHAPO Act. I urge my Senate colleagues to take swift action on this crucial legislation,” he added.
Cruz's Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act would take any money forfeited to the U.S. by Guzmán and other drug lords as a result of criminal
prosecutions and direct those funds toward "border security assets" and the completion of a border wall. Cruz reintroduced the bill Jan. 3.
The U.S. government is reportedly seeking $14 billion from Guzmán as part of its prosecution of the drug kingpin.
Only issue is the cost of seizing the money to boot
united states laws likelihood to pass are based entirely on how much of a stretch their acronym is
the quicker i see Ted Cruz getting the fuck out of DC the better.
"how about instead we spend it on programs to help drug addicts?"
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make Mexico pay for it
make the government pay for it
make fundraising pay for it
make drug lords pay for it
This administration is thirsty for the wall the way high schoolers are thirsty for getting laid: no shame, no patience, willing to do whatever is necessary to get their monument erected
"How to get the entire government on the hitlists of every drug gang, Part One"
I imagined El Chapo himself actually building the wall and also implementing a giant tunnel system
Okay you're kind of just making it sound like a good idea right now
I'd suggest making the billionaires pay for it, but we all know how well that would go down with conservatives.
