Bipartisan bill seeks to use proceedings from cartel seizures to tackle recruitment of U.S. teens

The law would see the creation of an educational campaign in high schools and middle schools located within 100 miles of the southern border (Credit: Unsplash.com/Inball Marilli)

Two U.S. lawmakers introduced this week a bipartisan bill seeking to use proceedings from cartel seizures to fund awareness campaigns about the dangers of becoming involved in human smuggling operations.

The bill, introduced by Gabe Vasquez (a Democrat from New Mexico) and Doug Lambon (a Republican from Colorado) comes after news of several U.S teens dying while driving cars with undocumented migrants or attempting to smuggle drugs from border cities further into the U.S., according to Border Report.