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Many people wrongly believe that immigration is critical to the illicit supply of fentanyl in the United States. However, proponents of this view have offered little more than speculation to support it. New data obtained by the Cato Institute via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request calls this belief into question. The new dataset shows that US citizens comprised 80 percent of individuals caught with fentanyl during border crossings at ports of entry from 2019 to 2024.
https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-802-crossers-fentanyl-ports-entry-2019-2024

surfered
(4,963 posts)No, its those damn immigrants!
Yes, people turning themselves in and applying for asylum, knowing if they commit a crime, it wont be granted. So, of course, theyre smuggling drugs.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Theres a ton more around than that. Something doesnt add up.
surfered
(4,963 posts)And the smugglers were American citizens
Hotler
(12,673 posts)Hey! Just saying, it's not like they're squeaky clean. Old habits and all that. Hi Agent Mike.
markodochartaigh
(2,262 posts)it has been fifteen years since I watched "Collapse". R.I.P Michael Ruppert.
Takket
(22,874 posts)what he cares about is making americas afraid of their own shadows, and convincing them only he can fix it, so please give me total power over the entire government, and i will fix it. To do that you need boogeymen and other various vague non-descript "thems" you can convince people are the reason their lives are terrible.
Unfortunately 505 of the voting public is either too racist or two stupid to see through this ploy, and now we all have to watch for the enxt 4 years while drumpf rips apart the institutions that, while certainly imperfect, have held us together long enough to make us a superpower.
barbtries
(30,172 posts)would they believe it? would they care? would they stop screaming about hordes of immigrants?
But I think it's important to understand this. Fentanyl kills - my grandson struggles with addiction disease and it scares the shit out of me.
milestogo
(19,417 posts)malaise
(280,860 posts)100%
Johonny
(22,750 posts)They are 100 percent bullshit 100 percent of the time. That's why you can't respect them. Morons.
Wounded Bear
(61,293 posts)
Henry203
(330 posts)All the mexicans who work in construction we will replace them with all the rural people who are addicted.
Figarosmom
(4,439 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:44 AM - Edit history (1)
Silent Type
(8,320 posts)https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl
That doesn't mean trump is right about retribution against immigrants.
Wiz Imp
(3,687 posts)The reason Republicans and Trump have been able to exploit this issue is 100% because the mainstream media has refused to do its duty to report the truth about fentanyl coming into this country.