When the border was open with President Biden, they saw an influx of drugs coming into our communities targeting innocent people and they lost a lot of lives. We've lost a lot of lives in this district because of drugs. Now the Sheriffs have said that as soon as that border went up and strong security took place once again, as soon as President Trump came into office, we saw a decrease specifically of fentanyl and a significant decrease in overdoses. Policy matters, securing the border matters, getting violent criminal legal aliens matters as well. We've lost innocent lives. (1:20:25–1:20:39)
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Asserts that strong border security under President Trump led to a decrease in fentanyl and overdoses.
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