Urging the federal government to declare foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

HCR 14 is a concurrent resolution passed by the Texas Legislature urging the federal government to declare foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law. It directly affects Texas border communities, which face violence, drug trafficking, and resource strain from cartel activity, and demands federal action to address this "invasion." The resolution cites Texas's efforts to secure its border and requests the federal government use existing legal authority (Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) to classify cartels as terrorist groups. This is a procedural resolution seeking federal policy change, not a new law.