Immigration
2 southern checkpoints in 2 months: Arizona agents seize enough fentanyl to kill over 450 million people
Federal agents at the southern border between ports of entry in Arizona just seized enough fentanyl to kill more than 450 million people. The detrimental amount of deadly drugs were seized in operations which occurred from March 6 to May 8 at four ports of entry and two checkpoints.
The Center Square reports Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations-Tucson Field Office agents working through “Operation Blue Lotus,” and Border Patrol Tucson and Yuma Sector agents working through “Operation Four Horsemen” seized substantial amounts of methamphetamine and over a ton of fentanyl.
With two milligrams considered a lethal dose, one ton of fentanyl, or 2,000 pounds, is enough to kill 453,592,400 people. As a result of agents’ efforts, county attorneys are prosecuting alleged offenders and nine cases were referred for federal prosecution.
Chief Patrol Agent of the Yuma Sector Patricia McGurk-Daniel said, “The success of the Four Horsemen operation was due to the collaborative efforts and teamwork of multiple agencies.” She said she was “especially proud of the Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents who worked tirelessly during this operation to take deadly drugs off our streets and out of the communities we proudly serve.”
The operations’ success was “attributed to the federal, state and local partners that spent countless hours not just by responding to port calls but assisting HSI with seizures throughout Arizona,” Department of Homeland Security Investigations Arizona Special Agent in Charge Scott Brown said when announcing the bust. “Drugs, but especially fentanyl, are decimating communities. But together and with education, we all can make a significant impact in curbing the senseless deaths associated with the sale of these deadly drugs,” he said.
As law enforcement agents have explained to The Center Square, people and drugs are smuggled north into the U.S.; weapons, cash and other contraband are smuggled south.
Continue reading: CenterSquare
Elections
NGO distributes flyers telling illegal migrants to vote for Biden or they will lose benefits
Flyers are being distributed to illegal immigrants urging them to vote for President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, according to The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. The flyers were written in Spanish and created by an advocacy group based in Northeastern Mexico that lobbies U.S. lawmakers.
In summation, the immigrants are warned they will lose benefits from a non-governmental organization (NGO) if they don’t help put Joe Biden back in office for a second term. The NGO, Resource Center Matamoros, describes itself as “a leading non-governmental organization providing trauma-informed care.”
Translated from Spanish, the Oversight Project notes, the flyers say: “Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his term to stay open.”
The Daily Signal reports that the pro-Biden flyers, “discovered by the news site Muckraker and shared with the Oversight Project, were found throughout Resource Center Matamoros in Tamaulipas, Mexico, including on the walls of portable toilets, a video shows. It’s not clear whether RCM authorized the flyers, whether any action was taken to address their presence at the shelter for migrants, or who posted the flyers.”
The outlet notes the city of Matamoros, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, borders Brownsville, Texas, where Biden spoke in February about the crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border.
🚨BREAKING – Flyers distributed at NGO in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for President Biden
The flyers reads:
“Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his term to stay open”
A MUST READ CRITICAL THREAD 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Mod4IeROXf
— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 16, 2024
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