Kamala Harris ignores the drugs flowing across the southern border

Fentanyl deaths have doubled in two years, and black men are seeing the largest increase in drug overdoses. So why isn’t Vice President Kamala Harris doing something about illegal drugs entering the country through the southern border? When the Biden administration took office, you promised that Harris, who is of black and South Asian descent, was a new kind of revolutionary hero for people of color, especially black Americans. And the president made her responsible for one of the country’s biggest crises (albeit of his own making), as record numbers…

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Arizona Customs and Border Protection officers arrest a Mexican citizen worth $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills

US Customs and Border Protection officers have arrested a Mexican citizen who was allegedly trying to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills. The suspect was arrested by agents working at the I-19 checkpoint, John R. The checkpoint is near the Arizona-Mexico border. Maudlin said the person was trying to smuggle pills under his clothes while on a shuttle that was heading to Tucson, which is about 80 miles north of the international border. The case was transferred to the US Drug Enforcement Administration office in Phoenix. No additional details were…

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Report: Seizures of fentanyl at the border doubled over the past year

Seizures of fentanyl on the southern border have surged in the past 12 months, doubling the amount of the deadly drug seized a year ago, according to a report Tuesday. From October 2020 to September 2021, customs and border port officials seized 11,201 pounds of fentanyl, The Washington Examiner reported,. The report said that one kilogram of fentanyl is equivalent to 500,000 fatal doses, according to federal government estimates, which means that the seizures represent 2.5 billion doses banned from entering the country. In fiscal year 2020, 4,791 pounds of…

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