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Mike Garcia: “When you say there's a decline in homicides by about 20%…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Published | Video Starts at 02:32

It is illegal per penal code eight USC 1325. Crossing international border is a crime. We have seven and a half million people under your tenure who have come across our border. When you say there's a decline in homicides by about 20%... Does that include the 75,000 people who were killed by fentanyl? who were killed by fentanyl or poisoned by fentanyl? By, in many cases, dealers who knew they actually were selling fentanyl and the victims did not. (02:32–02:45)

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Questions if the reported 20% decline in homicides includes 75,000 fentanyl-related deaths.

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