WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, asked the FBI in writing Monday for information about crimes on tribal lands, with an emphasis on drug cartels that she says are exploiting Native Americans.

Hageman serves on the House Judiciary Committee, which sent the Dec. 1 letter to FBI Director Kash Patel seeking answers.

The letter was signed by Hageman and U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the judiciary panel’s chairman.

“The complex jurisdictional authority for tribes to prosecute certain criminal offenses on reservations and the shortage of tribal law enforcement officers make Indian reservations prime locations for dangerous cartel operations,” Hageman and Jordan wrote.

“Criminal aliens who illegally entered the country under the Biden-Harris administration work alongside

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