Support legislation to let the Department of Defense train Mexican military forces in the United States to help combat cartels and drug trafficking in Mexico.

John Cornyn · Texas · Republican

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Occurrences

Authored the Partnership for Advancing Regional Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies (PARTNERS) Act , which passed the Senate and would allow the Department of Defense to train Mexican military forces in the United States to combat cartels and drug trafficking in Mexico.

He says he authored a bill to authorize U.S. military training for Mexican forces to fight cartels and drug trafficking.

Foreign Affairs & National Security | Senator Cornyn
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Evidence

The Senate vote on H.R. 2642 was agreed to 92-6 on June 26, 2008. The roll call lists Cornyn (R-TX), Yea.

Cornyn voted for the 2008 supplemental appropriations bill that became Public Law 110-252 and included Mexico security assistance funding.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 110th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 162 on H.R. 2642
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Public Law 110-252 provided up to $116.5 million in Foreign Military Financing assistance for Mexico and up to $48 million in International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement assistance for Mexico.

The enacted bill Cornyn supported funded Mexican military/security and counternarcotics assistance, but the text located here does not specifically say DOD training of Mexican military forces in the United States.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 110-252, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008
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Section 911 authorized the Secretary of Defense to operate the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation to provide education and training to eligible personnel of Western Hemisphere nations, including military personnel, with curriculum that may include counterdrug operations.

Federal law already authorized a DOD-run U.S. training institution for Western Hemisphere military personnel, with counterdrug training among permissible topics. This matches the substance of allowing DOD training, though it predates Cornyn's Senate service.

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Public Law 106-398, Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Section 911
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Cornyn voted for H.R. 2642, which became Public Law 110-252 and funded Mexico security, military financing, and counternarcotics assistance during the relevant federal term. That materially aligns with helping Mexico combat cartels and drug trafficking, but the cited enacted text does not show that the legislation specifically authorized Department of Defense training of Mexican military forces inside the United States. A separate DOD training authority for Western Hemisphere military personnel existed before Cornyn entered the Senate, so it cannot by itself be credited to him as fulfilling this promise. This supports partial credit for a serious related legislative effort, not full delivery of the specific promised outcome.

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