{"id":2203686,"date":"2024-03-21T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worrying-top-lawmakers-receive-classified-briefing-on-spread-of-chinese-backed-marijuana-farms-in-united-states\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:45:01","slug":"worrying-top-lawmakers-receive-classified-briefing-on-spread-of-chinese-backed-marijuana-farms-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worrying-top-lawmakers-receive-classified-briefing-on-spread-of-chinese-backed-marijuana-farms-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerning\u2019: Lawmakers Briefed on Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms\u2019 Expansion in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworrying-top-lawmakers-receive-classified-briefing-on-spread-of-chinese-backed-marijuana-farms-in-united-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2203686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawmakers Briefed on\u200b Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms\u2019 Spread<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recent \u200dDevelopments\u2062 and Federal Response<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top House lawmakers, including Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and Rep. Clay Higgins, were \u2062briefed by the \u200bDepartment of Homeland Security\u2064 and the Drug \u2064Enforcement Agency about the alarming rise\u200c of illegal Chinese-backed marijuana farms in the US. \u2062The discussion also involved the Office of \u2062National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The focus was\u200c on the surge of illicit\u200b marijuana grow operations\u200d run by Chinese nationals within the US and the collaborative\u2064 efforts\u2064 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-officials-raise-concerns-about-white-house-pressure-to-move-migrant-children\/\" title=\"Federal Officials Raise Concerns About White House Pressure to Move Migrant Children\">federal entities<\/a> to address this pressing issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In states like Maine and New Mexico, significant Chinese-backed marijuana activities\u2064 have\u2064 been unearthed, with Border Patrol \u2064in Maine alone \u200ddiscovering around 270 illegal grow operations valued \u200din \u2063billions. A noteworthy incident in rural Tennessee saw a suspected Chinese national \u200capprehended \u2062for \u200crunning a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-suspect-massive-church-marijuana-operation-was-run-by-chinese-foreign-national\/\" title=\"Chinese foreign national suspected of running large-scale church marijuana operation, say police\">large-scale marijuana operation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese \u2063operations\u2063 often collaborate with\u2063 transnational \u2062criminal groups,\u200c partake in\u200c human trafficking and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-mayorkas-orders-i-c-e-to-stop-raiding-workplaces-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Secy. Mayorkas orders I.C.E. to stop raiding workplaces for illegal immigrants\">exploitative labor practices<\/a>, and present substantial threats to public safety,\u201d the spokesperson highlighted the severity of the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ongoing Oversight and Legislative Action<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the briefing, the House\u200c Homeland Security Committee, under the \u2064leadership of\u2063 Chair Mark Green, Pfluger, \u2063and Higgins, pursued further insights from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.\u2063 Their letter emphasized\u2064 the substantial risks\u200d posed \u200bby\u200c illicit Chinese-backed marijuana operations nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The lawmakers underscored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oc-sheriff-refuses-to-release-1800-dangerous-inmates-including-murderers-and-child-molesters-after-judges-order\/\" title=\"OC Sheriff Refuses to Release 1,800 Dangerous Inmates \u2013 Including Murderers and Child Molesters \u2013 After Judge\u2019s Order\">significant threat<\/a> to national\u2062 security \u2062stemming \u2064from these\u2063 operations, noting Chinese investment in such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-allegedly-sex-trafficked-missing-minor-charged\/\" title=\"Man Who Allegedly Sex Trafficked Missing Minor Charged\">illicit activities<\/a>, often involving cash payments for extensive \u200dland usage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House lawmakers, led by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and Rep. Clay Higgins, received a classified briefing on Thursday. The briefing, conducted by the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Agency, highlighted the rise of illicit Chinese-backed marijuana farms in the US. Rep. Pfluger heads the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2203687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1253324861.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1253324861.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}