Ted Cruz has the perfect solution on how to pay for Donald Trump’s border wall; by passing a law to use El Chapo’s billions and loot from other lords to underwrite construction.
The Texas senator introduced a new bill Tuesday called the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act aka the EL CHAPO Act which does just that.
The bill would allow the U.S. to use all cash forfeited by drug lords to pay for the wall and border security.
According to Ted, the U.S. is already gunning for more than $14 billion in drug money and other profits that the Mexican drug lords collected, and Cruz says that will go a long way toward the estimated $20 plus billion in construction costs.
“Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way toward building a wall that will keep Americans safe and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, and individuals across our southern border,”
Senator Cruz stated, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas from the senator’s office. “Ensuring the safety and security of Texans is one of my top priorities.”
The government is on the verge of shutting down this week, in part because of funding for the border wall project. Looks like Ted’s trying to get creative with a solution.
The Mexican government extradited the former Mexican drug kingpin in January, Breitbart Texas’ Ildefonso Ortiz reported.
The move to an American prison cell followed months of court battles in Mexico and multiple escapes from prison by Guzman.
As part of the agreement with Mexico, Guzman will not face the death penalty in the U.S. for his crimes. Prosecutors filed murder charges against the former drug lord in relation to the killings of a U.S. citizen and two relatives.
