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Search results for "Trump floats ground forces as option against Mexican cartels"

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Henry Cuellar stated on July 16, 2014 in :
Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.
By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby• August 22, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2021
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post:
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018
Joaquin Castro stated on April 28, 2023 in a tweet:
“Title 42 and other Trump-era holdovers are forcing migrants into dangerous, overcrowded conditions in Mexico.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 5, 2023
Mark Walker stated on November 27, 2019 in a tweet:
Says the cartels are so bad in a Mexican border state that the U.S. government issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning -- the same warning it issued for Syria.
By Paul Specht• December 5, 2019
Rick Perry stated on June 07, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2012
Katie Britt stated on March 07, 2024 in a speech:
A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 11, 2024
Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview:
"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
By Louis Jacobson• June 30, 2010
Instagram posts stated on February 02, 2025 in An Instagram post:
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I’m confused. I keep hearing everyone from America saying that my country is sending felons and (rapists) into their country. We thought that was encouraged … considering that’s what they chose to be their president.”
By Maria Briceño• February 5, 2025
Michael Cutler stated on June 07, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV:
"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 19, 2011
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC:
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2017
Louie Gohmert stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.:
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013
Jim Moran stated on May 09, 2012 in a floor speech.:
"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."
By Nancy Madsen• May 29, 2012
Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.
By Jeff Cercone• February 29, 2024
TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok post:
This video shows a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• June 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Coolmath Games is being taken down cause it was run by the Mexican drug cartel?”
By Madison Czopek• June 21, 2021
Social Media stated on February 22, 2026 in social media posts:
Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
By Maria Briceño• February 23, 2026
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says El Chapo testified in court that he paid off Nancy Pelosi to keep the U.S.-Mexico border open for drug cartels.
By Samantha Putterman• March 12, 2021
John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama:
"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says El Chapo "stated in court" that James Comey helped launder $150 million "cartel money for Pelosi."  
By Samantha Putterman• October 1, 2019

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By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 25, 2023

What Trump's first week immigration orders mean in the short and long term

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 24, 2025

Rick Perry tours border with Fox's Van Susteren

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 26, 2011

How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan?

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023

Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011

Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: What is ‘operational control’ at the border and do cartels have it?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 3, 2023

Al Qaeda camps with Mexican cartels? That's speculation, not fact

By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013

Is the migrant caravan an invasion?

By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises: Here’s his vision for a second term

By Louis Jacobson, Ian McKinney• September 30, 2024

The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023

Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico

By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009

Previewing Donald Trump's 'Today' show town hall

By Katie Sanders• October 25, 2015

Passports, please

By • October 5, 2010

Fact-checking the second presidential debate

By Linda Qiu• October 10, 2016

Fact-check: What to know about US military boat strikes as death toll passes 200

By Maria Briceño• June 2, 2026

The US attacked Venezuelan boats it says are carrying drugs. Is Venezuela sending drugs to the US?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 22, 2025

In Context: 'Senator, you've whipped out that Mexican thing again'

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2016

Is a new military draft coming after Karoline Leavitt's comments? Why it's unlikely

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• March 9, 2026