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Kristi Noem: “The vast majority of these drug seizures happen at the port…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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FULL: Kristi Noem at the Border in California, Fentanyl busts

Published | Video Starts at 27:22

All of these narcotics were interdicted by U.S. customs and Border Protection in the San Diego area. That's 1.7 billion lives that are saved because of the work that they do. The vast majority of these drug seizures happen at the port of entry and the majority of drug seizures along the southern border happen at this port of entry. Those drug seizures are incredible to what they do to save American lives. Now, the men and women here at Ote Mesa are heroes who work around the clock to make sure that they're keeping Americans safe. (27:22–27:32)

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Asserts that most drug seizures occur at the port of entry.

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