Lindsey Graham to Introduce Bill Allowing Use of Military Force Against Mexican Cartels

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday he will introduce legislation laying the groundwork to use U.S. military force against Mexican drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations.
Graham was responding to the recent kidnapping of four Americans in the border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the flow of fentanyl from Mexico to the United States that has contributed to the increasing rise of American drug-overdose deaths.
“This administration has done nothing about it,” Graham told Fox News host Jesse Watters.
Graham said he would follow in the footsteps of former President Donald Trump in his handling of Mexico.
“I’d do what Trump did,” Graham said. “I’d put Mexico on notice—if you continue to give a safe haven to fentanyl drug dealers, then you are an enemy of the United States.”…}

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