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Bernie Moreno: “The drug cartels...became human traffickers at scale and use…”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Discussion on Border Policy and Immigration with Bernie Moreno and Senator Gallego

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

Who, who was the victim? Certainly American citizens. American citizens. But those who chose to come to our country at that time believing that they could come without any consequences. And obviously, The drug cartels...became human traffickers at scale and use that human trafficking as a disguise to allow illegal fentanyl to come into our country. And what's been the ramifications of that? What have you seen firsthand when you go to the border? What do the agents tell you about the fentanyl that's coming across the border? (00:52–01:22)

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Asserts that drug cartels used human trafficking to smuggle fentanyl into the U.S.

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