President Trump announced a new policy alert during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump said his administration would “seize the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels.”
“We will use those assets to create a compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime,” he added.
🚨 NEW POLICY ALERT 🚨
President Trump will seize the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels to create a compensation fund for the victims of migrant crime. pic.twitter.com/mTcofpkjRX
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) October 29, 2024
WATCH:
WATCH:
While speaking at his Mar a Lago press conference today, President Trump introduced a new policy.
He said his administration will seize the assets of the criminal gangs and drug cartels and use them to set up a compensation fund for the victims of migrant crime.… pic.twitter.com/V6ZSCZzblB
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 29, 2024
During the press conference, Trump invited the mother of Kayla Hamilton to speak.
“Kayla Hamilton was a 20-year old girl with an autism diagnosis,” OAN national political correspondent Daniel Baldwin said.
Hamilton was reportedly killed by a MS-13 gang member From El Salvador who entered the United States illegally.
“Homeland Security did not do their job. Health and Human Services did not do their job,” she said.
“The Biden-Harris administration did not do their job,” she added.
“If they would have done their job, made that one phone call to El Salvador, my daughter would be alive today,” she continued.
WATCH:
Kayla Hamilton was a 20-year old girl with an autism diagnosis…allegedly raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador.
Trump invited her mother to the stage at Mar-a-Lago.
“The Biden-Harris administration did not do their job.” pic.twitter.com/RAT8l08SCB
— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) October 29, 2024
Trump also shared a video from the mother of Jocelyn Nungaray.
Nungaray, 12, was reportedly killed in Texas by two undocumented men from Venezuela.
WATCH:
This is the video from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference from the mom of Jocelyn Nungaray that CNN did not want you to see. pic.twitter.com/jcGyfWnf5v
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) October 29, 2024
From the New York Post:
The tactic has long been used by the federal government against drug trafficking organizations and former Drug Enforcement Administration officials called asset seizure an effective tool in the pursuit of justice.
“Expanding its use to compensate victims of violent crime adds a powerful layer of support by redirecting money and assets seized from criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking, gang violence, and other harmful activities,” former New York DEA chief Ray Donovan told The Post. “This approach not only disrupts criminal enterprises but also provides direct aid to those impacted by such violence.”
The federal government’s existing asset forfeiture program has been a “huge success” that has helped sustain law enforcement at every level, said Derek Maltz, the former chief of DEA’s Special Operations division.
“It would be a great way to pay back victims that have been hurt by these savages that have come illegally into the country and operate with impunity,” Maltz added. “It would be a great way to unite American citizens.”
Maltz noted that the value of wealth seized from the cartels could be in the millions. In his experience, Maltz said “about $40 million” of the annual funds DEA used for translation services in a year were coming from an “asset forfeiture fund.”
The 45th president spoke for approximately an hour exactly one week before Election Day and focused heavily on combating illegal immigration, one of the pillars of his platform.
Watch the full press conference below: