Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Condemning The Trump Administration For Claiming To Be Tough On Border Security Yet Allowing Cartel Leader El Chapo’s Family Into The U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the hypocrisy of the Trump administration for backtracking on his tough border policy to make deals with El Chapo, head of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, allowing seventeen of his relatives into the United States yet deporting U.S. citizens. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Donald Trump and Republicans love to talk tough about how they’re tough on border security more than just about anything else.

So, you can imagine our surprise to read that President Trump is making deals with drug cartels – El Chapo, to be precise – to come into our country. Amazing.

This week – it’s hard to believe, you can’t make this stuff up – reports came out that President Trump made a deal to allow seventeen relatives of El Chapo – that’s right El Chapo, a dangerous, murderous, notorious drug lord in U.S. custody – into the United States.

El Chapo was the head of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, which was designated a terrorist organization back in February. And now they are letting their relatives in?

Republicans want to talk about importing criminals? Where is the outrage on Donald Trump letting the family of the world’s most dangerous cartel enter the United States? Let's hear it from our Republican friends.

This is a total disgrace, and Republicans should be up in arms if they want to have any credibility about being tough against drug traffickers, drug criminals, and drug cartels. This isn’t just being soft on crime – it’s rolling out a welcome mat to El Chapo and his family and inviting them into our country.

If you’re related to El Chapo, Donald Trump says, come right in. Welcome to America. He’ll roll out the red carpet.

It is lunacy. It is a disgrace. Donald Trump has no problem deporting U.S. citizens, but he will grant parole for the family of drug traffickers.

What message does this send to other drug lords, criminals, and terrorists? Where are our Republican colleagues on this? Where is the outrage from the other side of the aisle, who say they want to prevent criminals from crossing our borders?

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