From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: We Didn't Need New Border Laws... We Needed A New President - Joe
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:11:31 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-03-17 20:14, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-03-17, AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Fentanyl Seized at US-Mexico Border Falls 40%, Lowest Since 2021
>>
>> By Thomas Seal
>>
>> March 13,2025 at 12:07 AM UTC
>>
>> The amount of fentanyl seized at the US-Mexico border fell dramatically since
>> January to its lowest level since December 2021, according to new US Customs
>> and Border Protection data.
>>
>> Some 590 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid were intercepted in February,
>> down 40% on January's 990 pounds.
>>
>> To be sure, the drug is so potent that a potentially lethal dose is just 2
>> milligrams. But the sharp drop could strengthen President Claudia Sheinbaum's
>> hand in the high-stakes dispute over border security with President Donald
>> Trump, who imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada in emergency
>> orders citing the national security risk of fentanyl flowing over US borders.
>>
>> Fentanyl Falls
>>
>> Quantity of fentanyl seized by US at southern border lowest in years
>>
>> Source: US Customs and Border Protection
>>
>> The US has temporarily delayed tariffs on goods compliant under its free
>> trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
>>
>> At the northern border with Canada, just 1.14 pounds was seized, higher than
>> January but lower than the average figure for the preceding 12 months.
>>
>> In February US Border Patrol agents reported making about 8,300 arrests along
>> the southwest border, a roughly 71% drop from January. It is the lowest
>> monthly arrest figure in decades.
>>
>> Arrests of foreigners seeking entry at legal border crossings dropped by
>> about 90% to roughly 3,300, according to Customs and Border Protection data.
>> The Trump administration closed off access to ports to asylum seekers and
>> ended a smartphone app that allowed about 41,000 foreigners to make an
>> appointment to come to the ports to ask for protection each month.
>>
>
> Yep.
> The libbys kept claiming that Biden needed approval from congress to control
> the border.
> Really?
> Two months under Trump and the crossings have dropped ~95%.
>
>
>
Are those numbers as accurate as claiming $8 BILLION in "waste"...
...(without proving it was waste)...
...when it was actually only one THOUSANDTHS as much?