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This bill requires the Secretary of State to formally designate four specific Mexican drug cartels (the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion) as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The Secretary must submit a detailed report to Congress within a specified timeframe, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, explaining how each cartel meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization. If any cartel does not meet all the required criteria, the report must provide a detailed justification for why. Within 30 days of submitting the report, the Secretary must officially designate any cartels that are found to meet the foreign terrorist organization criteria. The report must be submitted electronically in an unclassified form, with the option of including a classified annex, and will be reviewed by specific committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bill explicitly states that this designation does not expand asylum eligibility for any individuals. The legislation, called the "Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act," aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of these drug cartels and their potential classification as terrorist organizations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/885/all-info