President Donald Trump hailed new actions to target cartels, foreign gangs and transnational crime during a roundtable on Thursday.

An executive order signed the day President Trump took office directed the creation of Homeland Security task forces to counter drug cartel and gang activity. The task force entered operation in all 50 U.S. states in September.

On Thursday President Trump announced the effort has now seen "the largest number of arrests of cartel leaders, operatives and gang members in American history, more than 3,000 and counting."

Scripps News spoke with U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta Thursday about the anti-crime effort.

Serralta says the new task forces plan to work closely with state law enforcement and share information across all of their branches.

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