President-elect Donald Trump made a long list of promises during his campaign, and there's no reason to doubt him, as she came through on virtually all of his 2016 campaign promises in a relatively complete manner.

One of the promises he made this time around includes getting tougher on crime as a country, and according to NBC News, the president has vowed to expand the federal death penalty.

The outlet noted that such an expansion would undoubtedly bring with it a mountain of legal challenges by individuals and groups who advocate against the death penalty as a whole.

But it doesn't appear that Trump cares too much about that aspect of it, as his administration is set to make a rock-solid case as to why the federal death penalty needs to be widened.

What did he say?

Trump, who will also undoubtedly crack down hard on the illegal immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border, which got that way mostly under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Part of that crackdown will include stiffening the criminal penalties for bad guys like sex traffickers and cartel drug runners, with Trump suggesting that in some cases, the federal death penalty could be an option for those types of people.

"These are terrible, terrible, horrible people who are responsible for death, carnage and crime all over the country," Trump said of traffickers when he announced his 2024 candidacy.

"We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts," Trump added.

Donald Trump says he plans to end the drug epidemic in the U.S. by declaring war on Mexican cartels.

He says he'll show no mercy on cartels and ask Congress to pass legislation ensuring that drug smugglers and human traffickers receive the death penalty." pic.twitter.com/lO0EYItWUD

— No Jumper (@nojumper) November 9, 2024

Anti-death penalty advocates and groups immediately shot back at Trump's proposal on the issue, vowing to fight back at all costs.

"We’re going to fight this tooth and nail, and we’re going to seek to uphold the constitutional principals that do not call for this expansion," said Yasmin Cader, an ACLU deputy legal director and the director of its Trone Center for Justice and Equality.

The return of law and order

Social media users celebrated Trump's vow to expand the federal death penalty.

"Yes! This is what's needed! Law and order is back!" one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Wow. Holy cow, he's going for it!"