Statement·other·said 2023-02-07
“100,000 Americans a year are now killed from drug overdoses, largely from fentanyl pouring across our southern border.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2023-02-08Reasoning
The 100,000 overdose figure is roughly correct, and most fentanyl is smuggled across the southern border, but the great majority comes through legal ports of entry hidden in vehicles driven by U.S. citizens — not illegal crossings as implied.
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