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Trump Touts Early Results of Homeland Security Task Forces at White House Roundtable

Officials presented administration totals to cast the campaign as a national-security priority.

US President Donald Trump during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Trump said Tuesday he did not want to have “a wasted meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the latest sign that a planned second summit between the two leaders could be in jeopardy. Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg
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Overview

  • Administration officials said the task forces, created by a Jan. 20 executive order, became fully operational nationwide at the end of August.
  • Trump said more than 3,000 cartel and gang operatives have been arrested, naming groups including Sinaloa, CJNG, MS-13, La Nueva Familia Michoacana, and Tren de Aragua.
  • The White House reported 152,119 pounds of narcotics seized, including about 128,479 pounds of cocaine and 5,101 pounds of fentanyl powder, plus roughly 2.1 million fentanyl pills and more than 1,000 illegal guns.
  • Officials said U.S. forces have been striking suspected cartel vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September, with operations continuing.
  • DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth joined the event as Trump labeled cartels the "ISIS of the Western Hemisphere."