ICE Dir. Lyons to Newsmax: US Is Ensuring Cartels Can’t Bring Poisons Here

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Tuesday on Newsmax that the U.S. government is fulfilling its duty by preventing drug cartels from delivering dangerous chemicals and narcotics into American communities.

Lyons defended the government’s latest counter-narcotics efforts during an appearance on “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” saying:

“What I can tell you is the cartels are a serious problem, right from the Homeland Security investigative side of it. We are out there every day encountering these Venezuelan gangs tied to these cartels. So President [Donald] Trump has made it clear that these narco-terrorists are foreign terrorist organizations, and we’re treating it as such here in domestic law enforcement, partnering with the Coast Guard or other DHS entities like Customs and Border Protection.”