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James Talarico: “93% of the fentanyl that comes into this country comes…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 31:52

But we're never going to be able to process those folks unless we have enough immigration judges, unless we have enough border patrol, unless we modernize the ports of entry. 93% of the fentanyl that comes into this country comes through the ports of entry. It doesn't come over the Rio Grande. It comes through the ports. And we don't have the technology or the manpower to detect that Fentanyl. (31:52–31:57)

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Asserts that the majority of fentanyl enters the U.S. through official ports of entry, not across the Rio Grande.

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