{"id":14718,"date":"2025-09-26T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14718"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:28:46","slug":"democrat-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-carribean-drug-smugglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14718","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Senators Introduce Bill To Protect Carribean Drug Smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution Friday seeking to block U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean, arguing the actions were launched without congressional authorization.<\/p>\n<p>Filed under the War Powers Act, the measure would bar use of military force against non-state drug trafficking groups unless approved by Congress. Because war powers resolutions are privileged, the Senate is required to debate and vote on the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after two U.S. strikes in the Southern Caribbean Sea earlier this month\u2014on Sept. 2 and Sept. 15\u2014that targeted narcotics-carrying vessels. Democratic lawmakers said they have not received key details about the incidents, including the identities of those on board, the cargo, and the legal justification for lethal force, the Epoch Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has defended the operations, saying the vessels were operated by \u201cextraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists\u201d based in Venezuela and carrying narcotics bound for the United States, calling them a direct threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are transporting drugs that can kill Americans, we are hunting you,\u201d Trump said after the Sept. 15 operation, which killed three people. He stated that there was recorded evidence of drugs being on board, including large bags of cocaine and fentanyl that were found scattered in the water after the strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The White House stated that the earlier strike on September 2 targeted the operations of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan transnational gang designated as a foreign terrorist organization, and that it was carried out in defense of U.S. national interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated that the mission was part of a larger effort to protect the United States and the Western Hemisphere from drug cartels. \u201cAnyone else trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate,\u201d Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"gform_wrapper_16\" class=\"gf_browser_safari gf_browser_iphone gform_wrapper gform-theme gform-theme--foundation gform-theme--framework gform-theme--orbital gpoll_enabled_wrapper gpoll_wrapper\" data-form-theme=\"orbital\" data-form-index=\"0\">\n<div id=\"gf_16\" class=\"gform_anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">\n<\/div>\n<form id=\"gform_16\" class=\"gpoll_enabled gpoll\" action=\"https:\/\/usajournal.news\/2025\/09\/22\/democrat-senators-introduce\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7Y9coWdm-O_wo9Emf8ZdE9tRXblXJWdoSOcngV_9FZBjeqjJzzSLkMm233vw_aem_EtiHC4ltTQtvp_kAE_z2Tg#gf_16\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"gform_ajax_frame_16\" data-formid=\"16\">\n<div class=\"gform-body gform_body\">\n<div id=\"gform_fields_16\" class=\"gform_fields top_label form_sublabel_below description_below validation_below\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sens. 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