{"id":16758,"date":"2018-03-28T14:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16758"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:42:05","slug":"funding-wall-let-el-chapo-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/03\/28\/funding-wall-let-el-chapo-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for the Wall? Let \u2018El Chapo\u2019 Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the wrangling over who \u2013 if anyone &#8212; will pay for America\u2019s southern border wall, now comes Mexican drug lord El Chapo. Facing criminal trial in federal court later this year, the captured narcotics kingpin could be ordered to <a href=\"https:\/\/govtrackinsider.com\/el-chapo-act-would-put-forfeited-funds-from-felony-convictions-of-mexican-drug-kingpins-to-pay-for-8aaf4104a8a2?gi=dffe1e5666e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forfeit $14 billion<\/a> from his drug cartel.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants the ill-gotten gains earmarked for enhanced border security, including a border wall. Cruz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/files\/documents\/Bills\/20170425_EL%20CHAPO%20Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Chapo Act<\/a> states:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotwithstanding any other provision of law, any illegally obtained profits resulting from any criminal drug trafficking enterprise led by Joaquin Archivaldo \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman Loera, which are criminally forfeited to the United States government as a result of the conviction of Mr. Guzman Loera in federal district court, shall be reserved for security measures along the border between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A companion measure \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/2186\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H.R. 2186<\/a> \u2013 has been introduced in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Since El Chapo\u2019s notorious cartel operated out of Mexico, the appropriating bills are, well, appropriate. And because the bulk of illegal narcotics in this country arrive via Mexico, one could argue that future forfeitures should be handled the same way.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, drug-asset seizures cannot be the sole source of funding for immigration enforcement endeavors. But the El Chapo Act would be a welcome down payment on a wall that Congress continues to slow-walk and shortchange. 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