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Fentanyl Seizures at Southern U.S. Border Have Increased 233% in One Year

Seizures of the deadly drug fentanyl increased by about 233 percent between March 2021 and last year as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials say the 652 pounds seized at the southwest border last month is part of a concerted increase in drug smuggling operations.

Data released by CBP Friday revealed that border agents have seized 2,098 pounds of fentanyl, compared with 639 pounds uncovered along the southwest border during the same period last year. The number of seizure “events” is nearly identical to one year ago, but public health officials continue to warn that drug overdose deaths likely exceeded more than 90,000 in 2020 and are on track to worsen in 2021. GOP lawmakers in Washington have pounced on the fentanyl seizure increase as the fault of President Joe Biden’s inability to control the “border surge” of migrants.

But immigration groups say the statistical seizure increase is misleading because the pandemic reduced non-travel and made drug smuggling detection much easier.

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Fentanyl DrugFacts | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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