I love this idea...which could be extended to a variety of areas, and a variety of legal asset seizures!
Should have used Iran's previously frozen assets to fight Iranian-sponsored terrorism , for example, instead of retuening it to them for use in financing their attacks in Syria, etc.
Use any seized assets from cyber hackers to fund advancements in cyber security...etc...etc...
Ted Cruz Is Right: Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall
It would be poetic justice, is deliciously named, and wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime. It doesn’t make Mexico pay for the wall, just one particular Mexican who has done great injury to the people of the United States and who is responsible for a major part of drugs flooding into the United States.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be used to pay for the President’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
“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…
The Texas senator said that leveraging criminally forfeited assets from El Chapo and other Mexican cartel members and drug dealers can “offset the wall’s cost and make meaningful progress toward achieving President Trump’s stated border security objectives.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/art...Yvzpjpn94WL_60mHAVLLu5YTzt3bVWE2oqypOznFMFqJY
