Americans don’t have to suffer unsafe communities any longer. Not only is Donald Trump coming to town to secure the border. But states can take advantage of the next four years of federal crime-fighting and enact provisions in their respective legislatures to ensure safe streets for years to come.
Sooner or later a Democrat will sit in the White House again. And that means all that Trump does to secure the border could quickly be undone by executive order. Now’s the time for states to act.
Christopher Holton, senior analyst with Center for Security Policy, says there is much individual states can do to keep their communities clear of terrorists and criminals.
“We’ve developed many different legislative initiatives on the state level to combat both illegal alien crime as well as terrorism,” Holton says. For instance?
For instance: RICO. States have various racketeering laws they can implement to fight off cartel-fueled crimes, Holton says.
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