U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that the Justice Department will expand Joint Task Force (JTF) Alpha to cover the U.S. northern border with Canada and all maritime borders.

"We will receive more resources to prosecute these cases and key figures in cartel, human trafficking and transnational criminals," Bondi said at a press conference. "We will strengthen our collaboration with foreign law enforcement throughout this world to protect not only their citizens but ours and return these criminals to American soil for prosecution."

Newsweek reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by email on Thursday evening for comment.

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