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Kari Lake: “Fentanyl coming across the border...is the number one killer…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 02:59

But we can't afford to take on the world's problems right now when so many Americans are struggling, so many Arizonans are struggling. And I'm really concerned about the number of seizures we've had with Fentanyl coming across the border...is the number one killer of young people in this country. and it's coming through Arizona. We're no longer going to allow the cartels to have operational control of our border. Well, DHS says that less than 1% of migrants encountered at the border have a criminal record. (02:59–03:05)

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Asserts that fentanyl crossing the border is the leading cause of death among young people in the U.S.

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