The border patrol mission initiated by Texas Governor Greg Abbott is the result of the seizure of 336 million “lethal doses” of fentanyl since it began earlier this year, enough to kill the entire US population. he said it was.
Operation Lone Star was launched in March to combat illegal immigration. Abbott said the federal government has refused to address the issue because border communities continue to feel its effects.
On Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said hundreds of millions of fentanyl doses had been seized by police officers amid increased security and aggressive legal action by law enforcement in and around the statewide southern border. said.
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“We all need to be aware that fentanyl is killing Texans,” Abbott said at a press conference Monday in Beaumont, where he announced the “One Pill Kills” public awareness campaign.
Abbott said much of the fentanyl used in the United States is manufactured in China and smuggled into the United States by Mexican drug cartels. He said he issued a presidential decree designating such cartels as terrorist organizations and signed a law increasing penalties for producing or distributing narcotics.
He laid much of the blame on the Biden administration’s border policy.
“This is all a byproduct of Biden’s open-border policy, which has resulted in about 2.2 million people being arrested across the border in the past year,” Abbott said. “With so many people crossing the border with the help of the Mexican drug cartels, it makes it easier for more fentanyl to cross the border.”
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The governor also announced new legislation to be considered by the next Congress. This includes classifying a fentanyl overdose as an intoxication and prosecuting it for murder if it knowingly ingests fentanyl or a drug laced with fentanyl and provides it to a person who has died.