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The Border Crisis Is Killing Americans, Data Shows
The drugs flowing over the border are leading to an uptick in fentanyl deaths, and experts are split about how to solve it.
- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has called fentanyl the “primary driver” of the record 92,183 drug overdose deaths in 2020.
- Some experts have said the Biden administration needs to pressure Mexico to use its military in coordination with the U.S. to destroy cartel labs.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has called fentanyl the “primary driver” of the record 92,183 drug overdose deaths in 2020. Many drug dealers use fentanyl to make money and smuggle it through the southern border mixed with other drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine to make them more potent — and more deadly — according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
The trafficking of fentanyl has gotten even worse in 2021. Border officials seized nearly 2,400 more pounds of fentanyl from January to April 2021 than during the same period in 2020.
Border patrol officials do not have the resources or officers to handle the influx, Marguerite Telford, director of communications for the Center for Immigration Studies, told the DCNF.
“Officers right now are taken off the line to take care of UACs(unaccompanied children) and family units, and it becomes much easier for those carrying drugs to enter the country,” Telford said.
The Border Crisis Is Killing Americans, Data Shows
Absolutely. Subterfuge is a time honored military tactic. Force an opposing army to cover the wrong place and advance through the gaps. Using illegals to distract and tie up assets opens up paths of opportunity for drug smugglers. The next 9/11 won't be by air or sea.
