Whereas over 7,580,000 illegal border crossers from over 160 countries have invaded our country since 2021; Whereas, in August 2023, over 304,000 illegal border crossers invaded our country, surpassing all national records for monthly encounters; Whereas there have been approximately 1,600,000 known got-aways who have evaded United States authorities; Whereas many of these illegal border crossers are military-aged men, are on the United States terrorist watchlist, and are gang members who are killing Americans and are a direct threat to our national security; Whereas the Mexican cartels are executing the complete invasion of our country; Whereas fentanyl is the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45; Whereas fentanyl kills approximately 300 Americans a day; Whereas, to date in fiscal year 2023, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized approximately 24,000 pounds of fentanyl attempting to be smuggled into the United States; this is enough fentanyl to kill every single American 15 times over; Whereas, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Organization, Los Zetas and Cartel del Noreste, Guerreros Unidos, the Gulf Cartel, Juarez Cartel and La Linea, La Familia Michoacána, and the Los Rojos have the greatest drug trafficking impact on the United States; Whereas the DEA’s top operational priority is to defeat the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Mexican drug cartels, both of which have been declared to be the greatest criminal drug threat the United States has ever faced; Whereas these ruthless, violent, criminal organizations have associates, facilitators, and brokers in all 50 States of the United States; Whereas the Mexican cartels employ an estimated 175,000 members; Whereas human trafficking is a $150 billion dollar-a-year industry; Whereas the United States is one of the top destinations for human trafficking