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Carola Guerrero De León

Cartels as 'Heroes'? Expert Warns U.S. Deployment in Mexico Could Strengthen Drug Cartels

U.S. Army National Guardsman Spc. Bernard Mendoza, 24, watches for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona. (Credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

From the "largest deportation in history" to eradicating drug cartels "off the face of the Earth," President-elect Donald Trump's second term ambitions are as sweeping as they are controversial, sparking widespread debate over their feasibility.

In charge of executing Trump's border security plans, his returning border czar, Thomas Homan, recently told Fox News that the Trump administration intends to designate cartel members as terrorists, which would enable the expanded use of federal resources to deal with them. In a separate interview with News Nation, Trump himself hinted on wanting to address border cartel violence with a "military operation."

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