A January 2020 DEA reports also credits these cartels at the same time supplying of illicit fentanyl within the U.S. how did Biden respond? In August of 2023, [Biden] sent 140 additional Homeland Security investigative agents to the southwest border, but only to assist with administrative tasks like hospital watch and transportation. We need these folks to enforce immigration laws, not facilitate illegal immigration. But within just one month, the Trump administration has seen the lowest border encounters in history. (00:48–00:59)
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Asserts that additional agents were sent to the border for administrative tasks, not enforcement.
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