Sheriff Mark Dannels explained the extent of the crisis at the border, citing hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs that have been seized at the border this fiscal year. He warned that the problem will continue to get worse until the border is secure.
SHERIFF MARK DANNELS:
They've set us up for failure here on the southwest border completely. And let me give you some numbers that kind of highlight what's going on. This fiscal year we've had 10,000 pounds of fentanyl, 180,000 pounds of meth, 86,000 pounds of cocaine, 5,000 pounds of heroin, and 311,000 pounds of marijuana come through the southwest border this fiscal year.
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