the this is from the chief, the border patrol chief, raul ortiz. he tweeted the following. he says overnight yuma sector agents encountered a migrant illegally present in the u.s. carrying 93 pounds of fentanyl. so far this year we have seized 476 pounds of fentanyl between the ports of entry, along the southern border. enough to call 100 million people. when the white house says this is a partisan publicity stunt, they don t have a remedy in their arsenal. you re right. they don t have a remedy. if they were to come forward with a remedy, they would have to admit that they ve been wrong. trace, as you know, i ve been to the border time and again. recently the sheriff from yuma county was in my office with the sheriff from cochise county. they were talking about 140 different countries have had people coming across that
horrific case. border patrol seizing nearly 1 million fentanyl pills in a span of four days. in nogales, thousands were found in a spare tire and some in a speaker box and gas tank. griff jenkins live near the border in mission, texas. hi, griff. hi, martha. good afternoon. and we have a fentanyl crisis. the likes of which we ve never seen at our southern border. take a look at this tweet by border patrol chief raul ortiz put out a few hours ago, a bundle of fentanyl being carried by a migrant in yuma, arizona around the port of entry despite claims that it goes through the ports. chief ortiz said that so far in fiscal year in 2023, 476 pounds of fentanyl was seized between
only passes through the port of entry. or tease showing pounds of fentanyl carried by migrant outside of yuma, arizona. or tease adding in 2023 more than 476 pounds of fentanyl have been seized between legal entry points. enough to potentially kill 100 million americans. in washington, at a senate hearing on fentanyl today, republican senator jim rich says president biden needs to get serious about addressing it. it s time the administration wakes up we have a serious threat at the border. in about an hour from now a bipartisan group of house lawmakers will be hear in the rgv sector, bret, for a firsthand look at the crisis at the border public health crisis they see. the white house has put out a statement today, a spokesman accusing republicans of partisan doesn t down here, worth noting