; and (C) the terrorist activity or terrorism of the organization threatens the security of United States nationals or the national security of the United States. (17) Mexican cartels satisfy each of those three criteria, as they are foreign organizations based outside the United States, they engage in terrorist activity such as assassinations, kidnaping, or use of explosives and firearms, and their terrorist activities threaten the security of the United States and the people of the United States. (18) For instance, four United States citizens, including 3 people from South Carolina, were recently kidnaped by Mexican drug cartels in Matamoros, Mexico, where at least 2 were tragically killed in cartel violence. (19) Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations, as foreign organizations, make billions of dollars each year importing deadly drugs into the United States, especially fentanyl and methamphetamine, which results in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year. (20) United States Southern Command reports that criminal organizations, including drug cartels, in their Area of Responsibility generate an estimated annual revenue of approximately $300,000,000,000 more than 5-times the combined defense budget for the region, including Mexico. (21) The death and destruction caused by the illicit drug trade is not limited to overdoses and gang violence, rather, it extends to a significant proportion of nearly all other criminal activity in the United States, including burglary, carjacking, robbery, aggravated assault, domestic violence, felony traffic violations, and much more, and it also extends to drug addictions that often result in homelessness, suicide, human trafficking, child sex trafficking, broken families, birth defects, and other maladies that are devastating communities across the United States. (22) The national security threat posed by Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations extends beyond the sale of fentanyl and other drugs,