1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

One Law for All: Stop Taxpayer-Funded Perks for Narco-Lords The rule of law dictates that justice must be applied equally, yet our current system is failing a basic test of fairness. The U.S. government spends millions of taxpayer dollars to investigate, extradite, and convict high-level international drug traffickers. It is an insult to our justice system—and to American taxpayers—that when these individuals receive presidential pardons, federal agencies roll out the red carpet. Following his pardon, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández—convicted of trafficking over 400 tons of cocaine—received elite VIP treatment. The Bureau of Prisons fast-tracked the removal of his immigration hold and used a tactical team on taxpayer-funded overtime to chauffeur him to a luxury Manhattan hotel. Our hard-earned tax dollars should fund public safety, not luxury perks and special transport for convicted drug lords. I urge you to support Representative Norma Torres’s legislation to bar the Bureau of Prisons from providing special accommodations, transportation, or preferential legal hold removals to convicted traffickers. Protect fiscal responsibility and the integrity of American justice.