The Systematic Dismantling of Our Southern Border, & the Fentanyl Crisis.

Border Patrol agents are so busy processing big groups of illegal immigrants that just four agents are available to patrol a 150-mile stretch of border in one Arizona district. “Now that 150 miles of border normally takes about 75 to 90 agents—we had four agents out there,” said Brandon Judd, head of the National Border Patrol Council. On February 1, Judd testified at an informal House hearing held at FreedomWorks in Washington. “Right now, the border is controlled by cartels,” Judd stated. “They tell us how we should run our operations. That is something that should never happen.” According to Customs and Border Protection figures, the number of drugs confiscated has decreased as a result. “We’ll be lucky if we seize even 5% of what’s going across the border,” Judd stated in response to a query regarding fentanyl pills. “And if…

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