Support increased penalties for drug traffickers and violent offenders.

Consistently votes for increased penalties for drug traffickers and violent offenders.

Cornyn presents his voting record as supporting tougher penalties for drug traffickers and violent offenders.

THE TRUMP- CORNYN RECORD - Texans for Senator John Cornyn
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S.1757 created enhanced penalties for drug trafficking and violent crimes committed by unlawfully present aliens.

The bill proposed tougher criminal penalties for unlawfully present aliens who commit drug-trafficking or violent offenses.

Text - S.1757 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Building America's Trust Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Cornyn and Coons introduced the Eliminate PRC Organized Crime Act, and Cornyn said it would improve law-enforcement coordination against organized criminal groups tied to the Chinese Communist Party. The release says those networks support drug trafficking and other illicit activity.

Recent concrete anti-organized-crime action in Cornyn's current term, but it does not itself establish new penalties for drug traffickers or violent offenders.

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Cornyn, Coons Introduce Bill to Combat PRC-linked Organized Crime in Latin America
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Cornyn's current issue page says his Texas Exile program increased penalties for convicted felons' criminal gun use and lists legislative efforts to increase penalties for criminals targeting law enforcement and reduce violent crime.

Official standing position still favors tougher criminal penalties and violent-crime reduction, but this is policy framing rather than proof of a new delivery event in the lookback window.

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Crime & Law Enforcement - Senator Cornyn
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