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John Cornyn: “These drugs are smuggled across our southern border by…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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It's well established that fentanyl has been the leading cause of death in America of young people between the age of 18 and 45. It's perhaps less well understood or known that These drugs are smuggled across our southern border by Mexican drug cartels. But they are manufactured from chemicals imported from China to Mexico, so called precursor chemicals. But one thing is abundantly clear from all of this. China is not a threat we can ignore. (09:22–09:28)

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Asserts that drugs are smuggled into the U.S. by Mexican drug cartels.

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