President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement this afternoon on the success of his Homeland Security Task Forces in combating cartel activity and human trafficking.
The Task Forces, established by Executive Order on Trump’s first day in office, have been used to eradicate cartels and foreign gangs in the United States and distupt their trafficking operations.
As a result, the Trump Administration has recorded historic lows in apprehensions at the southern border and several months with zero illegal entries.
Additionally, as The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump is set to set a new record for deportations in a single year.
The Trump Administration has deported more than 500,000 illegals since January, and over 1.6 million have voluntarily self-deported.
Trump will be joined for his round table event by Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Noem, Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to Fox.
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“The President’s Homeland Security Task Forces are a landmark achievement that highlight what the federal government can achieve with a leader like President Trump who is willing to slash red tape, increase coordination and put the safety of the American people first,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital of the event.
“In a short period of time, the Trump Administration has removed lethal drugs, illegal weapons, dangerous foreign terrorists and cartel members from American communities,” she added. “The American people are safer today because of the HSTFs — and they’re just getting started.”
Trump established the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces Jan. 20 — his first day back in office — via executive order, “Protecting the American People from Invasion.” The executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil.
The executive order specifically directed the task forces to “end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.”
The event is scheduled to begin at 3 pm ET.
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