In my district alone, we have seen close to 1,000 migrants per day enter our communities. Arizonans have seen a spike in high speed car chases and illicit activity by Mexican cartels. In FY 2023, fentanyl overdoses in the US rose above 112,000 fentanyl overdose deaths. becoming the number one cause of death among young people in my home county of Pima County. My colleagues from New York to Oregon have seen the effects of our border crisis in their own communities. (03:30–03:40)
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Asserts that fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S. exceeded 112,000 in fiscal year 2023.
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