Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Biden's Open Border Is Fueling the 'Deadliest Drug Epidemic in U.S. History'

Biden's Open Border Is Fueling the 'Deadliest Drug Epidemic in U.S. History'

"As PJ Media has reported this week, the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is worsening. 

A dozen Texas counties, many of them not directly situated on the border, have declared emergencies due to the explosive increase in human trafficking that the open border is facilitating.

The Washington Free Beacon reports that the open border is facilitating an additional outbreak of lawlessness. The opioid fentanyl is now flooding across the border.

A porous border and weak security ties with Mexico have resulted in large influxes of fentanyl, a highly addictive and lethal drug, across the southern border. Between October 2020 and March 2021, customs agents seized more than 2.5 tons of fentanyl—a more than 300 percent year-on-year increase. Since 2019, cartels have enjoyed soaring profits due to increased demand for the drug in the United States. More than 90,000 Americans overdosed on illicit drugs last year.

Biden’s policies have led directly to weakening cooperation between American and Mexican drug interdiction agencies.

Fentanyl is one of the primary drugs flooding across the border...Read all.

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