DASHY wrote:
Trump thought "under control" at the southern border meant building a Wall. He backed up his claim with false statements about the Wall. (1) Much of the Wall has already been renovated or built. (2) Mexico is paying for the Wall. (3) The Wall will probably pay for itself in a month or two. (4) The Wall is needed to halt the deadly inflow of drugs (even though the vast majority of drugs escape undetected in cars and trucks traveling through legal ports of entry). Before he got kicked out of office, dumbass former president Trump repeated thousands of false claims.
He continues today with his Big Lies.
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Seems you and Biden continue with "Big Lies."
Here are your false claims:
F******l seizures at U.S. southern border rise dramatically
Federal agents say the powerful synthetic opioid is becoming a drug of choice for the cartels because it’s highly profitable and easier to smuggle.
Federal agents in this section of the southern border say they’ve seen a staggering 4,000 percent increase in f******l seizures over the last three years.
Those busts are not at ports of entry, where most smuggled drugs are typically found. The Border Patrol says the rising amount of f******l is being found in the desert – t***sported by increasingly brazen smugglers who are exploiting stretched federal resources.
In 2018, the Border Patrol in the El Paso sector found just one pound of f******l outside ports of entry. In 2019, two pounds. In 2020, nine.
During the 2021 fiscal year, agents have found 41 pounds so far – a dramatic rise that experts attribute to the increasing role in drug cartels producing the illicit drug themselves with raw materials from China. The sharp rise from 2018 to 2020 suggests the c****av***s p******c did not artificially inflate the 2021 numbers.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, two milligrams of f******l can be lethal, depending on a person’s body size. One kilogram of f******l has the potential to k**l 500,000 people. A kilogram is roughly 2.2 pounds.
“For the first time, we’re starting to see these tactics where f******l is being smuggled between ports of entry,” Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said in an interview. “Cartels are very creative. They find ways to intimidate migrants and find ways to illegally have them t***sport that narcotic into the United States.”
Sources with the Drug Enforcement Administration told NBC News that f******l is becoming a drug of choice for the cartels because it’s highly profitable, extremely potent, and easier to smuggle into the U.S. because of its small size.
Meth seizures away from ports of entry are also up 85 percent so far this fiscal year.
War of words about the wall
In Sunland Park, New Mexico -- near El Paso – most of the undocumented immigrants, Border Patrol agents encounter aren’t families turning themselves in.
Instead, they often end up chasing – or fighting -- single adult men who run from them.
“They assault the agent because they want to get away,” Chavez, the chief Border Patrol agent, said.
“It’s the only obstacle between them and freedom into the United States.”
Chavez said she had neither been consulted nor informed of the governor’s plan to continue building a wall. But she said she generally supports a border barrier – partly to slow down drug smugglers.
“It keeps our agents safe,” she said. “These smuggling organizations (are) already doing drive-throughs through areas where my border barrier is weak or where there is none.
And that is concerning to me.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/f******l-seizures-u-s-southern-border-rise-dramatically-n1272676Arrests At The Border Hit Record High, Report Says
Updated Oct 20, 2021
TOPLINE The U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested around 1.7 million people for illegal crossings at the southern border with Mexico between October 2020 and September 2021, hitting an all-time high, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, with migrants from Mexico making up the largest group of nationals arrested.
KEY BACKGROUND
The Biden administration’s handling of migrants in the U.S.-Mexico border has caused controversy for the administration, particularly after its controversial response to Haitian migrants camped at the Texas border last month. According to the Washington Post, U.S. authorities took into custody more than 1.3 million migrants at the southern border between January and September this year. Biden had promised to be more accepting of immigrants when he campaigned for the top job.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Customs and Border Protection chief nominee Chris Magnus repeated his stance that the rise in illegal border crossings was “one of the most serious problems” during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. He said Congress could help Customs and Border Protection manage the problem by increasing resources and immigration judges, according to Reuters. Magnus was critical of immigration policies enacted under Trump, Reuters said.
The report added he was in support of “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/20/arrests-at-us-mexico-border-highest-since-1986-report-says/?sh=e02d1bf9bc33FURTHER READING
Border arrests have soared to an all-time high, new CBP data shows (Washington Post)