Arizona voters to decide on terror organization designation for cartels [View all]

Arizona voters will decide next November whether to designate drug cartels operating across the southern border as terrorist organizations after the initiative cleared the state’s Senate Friday.

An effort to put the initiative on the ballot last year stalled in the state’s Senate last year due to a slim Republican majority.

“Arizona is on the frontlines of a war that Washington ignored until President Trump took action. This resolution gives the Trump Administration another tool to defend our state, uphold the rule of law, and protect innocent lives,” said state Rep. Steve Montenegro (R) in a press release.

It was not immediately clear what new resources or funding a terrorist designation from the state would unlock. The federal government already maintains a separate list of foreign terrorist organizations, including eight drug cartels that were added this year as part of a Trump executive order.




https://thehill.com/homenews/5377371-arizona-drug-cartels-ballot-initiative/