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Washington, DC — Last week, we highlighted the high cost of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant obsessions and plans for indiscriminate mass deportations above all. Over the weekend, a USA Today story, “Thousands of DHS agents shift to deportation instead of drugs, weapons and human trafficking,” underscored the point and...
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This past May, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who may or may not be seeking the GOP presidential nomination, announced that he was engaging in a very GOP political stunt. He deployed 100 Virginia National Guard troops to the southern border to supposedly aid in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone...
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The Biden administration and the Justice Department are taking decisive action against international fentanyl traffickers, from China to Mexico, to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl from taking the lives of Americans. Meanwhile, contemptible figures on the political right continue to daily peddle disinformation about the very real fentanyl...
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The prevalence of synthetic fentanyl is a serious and urgent issue driving the grim record-breaking number of overdose deaths in America. It is a complex, multifaceted problem encompassing many issue areas, including trade, international crime syndicates, drug industry complicity, addiction, health care, and economic distress. But fentanyl is not...
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Washington, DC – Republicans continue to tell one of their favorite nativist lies, falsely blaming immigrants and asylum seekers for the very real scourge of fentanyl. There is an urgent need to address the nation’s fentanyl crisis, but falsely conflating the issue as an immigration one distracts from solutions...
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Washington, DC – Serious policies to address the fentanyl crisis involve international trade, cooperation with Mexico, public health and treatment measures, law enforcement, as well as interdiction and screening at the ports of entry. This is a smarter and more effective approach than following most Republicans’ lead and falsely...
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Washington, DC – As Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, he told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security that Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses is the, “single greatest challenge we face as a country.” The Washington Post reports: “The statement appeared to be...
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Washington, DC – Fresh reminders are in the news why fentanyl is not an immigration issue and that serious policies to address the crisis involve international trade, cooperation with Mexico, public health and treatment measures, as well as interdiction and screening at the ports of entry. This is...
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Washington, DC – At yesterday’s House Judiciary hearing on border and immigration, Republicans again defined themselves by their anti-immigrant extremism and preference for political theater instead of real solutions. In particular, on the issue of fentanyl, Republicans advanced scare tactics and anti-immigrant lies that showed their motivations are not...
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The prevalence of synthetic fentanyl is a serious and urgent issue driving the grim record-breaking number of overdose deaths in America. It is a complex, multifaceted problem encompassing many issue areas, including trade, international crime syndicates, drug industry complicity, addiction, health care, and economic distress. But fentanyl is not...
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