From: Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.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 Biden... Sharp As a Tack! LOL
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:21:51 -0600
Organization: UTB
In article <vrarpj$1mkop$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>
> 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?
So you have something to back this up? Didn't think so.