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Virginia Governor: 'Beyond Belief' That Biden Is Ignoring 'Catastrophic Situation at Our Border'
(CNSNews.com) - As congressional Democrats focus on destroying the political ambitions of a past president, many other Americans have bigger concerns about the national security of the United States.
Despite the pleas of some Republicans, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, President Biden has not addressed the crisis at the southwest border, which grows worse by the day, even before the expiration of Title 42, the public health order that allows the immediate expulsion of some migrants.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked the lifting of Title 42, which was due to expire on Wednesday.
"We have a catastrophic situation at our border," Gov. Youngkin told Fox News on Monday, before the Supreme Court order was issued.
"And it's beyond belief that we're having to appeal to our Supreme Court to do something that the Biden administration should have already done, or we should get Congress to do it.
"But we have got to extend Title 42. But this is not a holistic solution. This catastrophic issue at the border has got to result in a decision to secure the border. The free flow of people and illegal drugs across the border is unprecedented.
“Title 42 goes away, they're expecting there are going to be five million people a year to come across the border. In 20 months, that's an entire state of Virginia coming across the border. It's unbelievable.
"We must secure the border. And we must stop the flow of illegal drugs. We had a record number of overdoses in Virginia, and 76 percent of them come from fentanyl.
“And we know where the fentanyl comes from. It's time to act. We have got to get Washington to stop sitting on their hands and secure our border."
Host Sandra Smith asked Youngkin what he's doing to prepare the commonwealth for an anticipated surge of migrants.
"Well, we're starting with the fentanyl epidemic," Youngkin said.
"And we have just an extraordinary number of young people who are dying from fentanyl. We are paying -- we're paying for Narcan to be available across the commonwealth. We're training people. We're rolling out a statewide communication program. We have partnered with our attorney general, Jason Miyares, in a program called One Pill Can Kill.
"And we have got to make sure everybody's aware of this pandemic that we're having with fentanyl. And, by the way, the federal government has got to get on it because they have ignored the fentanyl problem, in addition to allowing the free flow of people.
"This is a national issue. Every state is a border state. And that's why you will see governors, Republican governors, standing up together in order to try to pressure Washington to please secure our border."
Youngkin said border security should not be a partisan issue.
"There is a crisis at the border. It's inhumane, what's happening, millions of people flowing into the United States, illegal drugs. And it has to stop," he said.
"Extend Title 42. But, on top of that, go further and secure our border," he said.
Video that aired on Fox News Monday night showed hundreds of illegal border-crossers shivering in the streets of El Paso; shelters overwhelmed; and hundreds of migrants sleeping on the floor of the El Paso airport.
Press reports say thousands of migrants are now massing in Mexico, just across the border, ready to move into the U.S. when Title 42 goes away.
DEA Counts 379,000,000 Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Seized in 2022
(CNSNews.com) - Here's a stunning year-ender: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday announced the seizure of more than 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this calendar year.
The DEA Laboratory estimates that those seizures represent more than 379,000,000 potentially deadly doses of fentanyl -- enough to kill everyone in this country, plus another 46,000,000 people.
As of December 19, 2022 the Census Bureau estimated the U.S. population to be 333,339,357.
"Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat facing this country," the DEA said in a news release. "It is a highly addictive man-made opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, the small amount that fits on the tip of a pencil, is considered a potentially deadly dose."
DEA said its top operational priority is to "defeat" the two Mexican drug cartels -- Sinaloa and Jalisco (CJNG) -- that are primarily responsible for the fentanyl that is killing Americans today.
Anne Milgram, the agency's administrator, said most of the fentanyl trafficked by the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China.
In 2021, the DEA issued a Public Safety Alert on the widespread drug trafficking of fentanyl in the form of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills, which are often deadly. DEA says the only safe pills are those prescribed by a doctor and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist.
In 2022, DEA says it seized more than double the amount of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills than it seized in 2021, so the problem is getting much worse.
According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. Sixty-seven percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Fentanyl isn't the only cross-border threat: DEA says in 2022, it also seized nearly 131,000 pounds of methamphetamine; more than 4,300 pounds of heroin; and over 444,000 pounds of cocaine.
In addition, human trafficking is surging as people from many poor countries flood across the southwest border, enriching the same cartels that are killing so many Americans with fentanyl.
W.Va. Attorney General Calls for Fentanyl to Be Listed as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
(CNSNews.com) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday that fentanyl should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction because of its potency.
“I don't think that the media wants to acknowledge what’s going on because if you have to point fingers at China, the Mexican drug cartels, then all of a sudden, hey what is Secretary of State Blinken doing? By the way, not nearly enough. What is Mayorkas doing? He should be impeached or fired, and then what’s Merrick Garland doing?” he told Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.”
“They’re not increasing the number of fentanyl prosecutions. This has been an unmitigated disaster. The only agency I think that’s trying to some degree is the DEA, but they need a lot of help. That’s why I’ve called for fentanyl to be listed as a weapon of mass destruction, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what we need to do,” Morrisey said.
When asked what he expects when Title 42 ends next week, the attorney general said that he’s “concerned we are going to get another stream of people, flooding across the border, and with it of course comes more human trafficking, more deadly fentanyl, more invasion into the heartland, so we’ve been worried.”
“I mean this administration is a disaster in terms of how it’s handling the border, so it’s just going to be another seminal event, gonna flood more people, and that means more drugs, more death, and we have to keep educating Americans as to what is going on,” he said.
When asked how many times he has filed lawsuits against the Biden administration for various issues, like climate change, the border, et cetera, Morrisey said, “I know we're up in at least individually and with my colleagues I think in the high 20s, in terms of original actions. Then we’ve joined other briefs. We’ve sued dozens and dozens and dozens of times.
“Let me tell you, it’s not enough. If I had more lawyers, I would be suing them even more frequently because the reality is, this administration violates the rule of law every day, and it’s nowhere more evident than what’s going on at the border,” the attorney general said.
“Maria, just a few weeks ago I had families of the victims of fentanyl in my office, and they were talking about what was going on what happened to them personally, and the stream of fentanyl flooding from China through the border. This is very real. It is killing West Virginians, and it has to stop,” he said.
Morrisey said that “we pour so much money and time into addressing first responders' needs, because they are the ones on the front line, and the saying is if you touch it, you could die or one pill kills.”
“That is what we're seeing right now. Law enforcement needs to have so many different versions of Narcan available just to avoid having first responders and our brave policemen die. it is a serious problem, and I see this, and my heart goes out to all the families of the victims who have died from this,” the attorney general said.
“As you all know, you touch fentanyl or you have some of it laced, and it could even be through a vaping tool, which we’ve have heard of more and more and then you are going to die in a very short period of time, so I have been getting out to the schools in West Virginia,” Morrisey said.
“We’re trying to educate a lot of people, because a lot of these kids don't realize the potency of it, and we have to educate people. Meanwhile though, half the country doesn't even know about it because other than Fox and few other stations, they’re not covering it. So that’s why I am excited for the House to come in and start doing oversight so that everyone in America knows this crisis,” he said.
As Mayorkas Visits Beseiged El Paso, Republicans Call for His Impeachment: 'Willful' Mismanagement
(CNSNews.com) - While Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday, meeting with Customs and Border Protection agents who are dealing with a de facto invasion, Republicans back in Washington were calling for the secretary's impeachment
"In August 2021, I was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas," Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told a news conference at the Capitol. "And now that we have the majority in the House of Representatives, I expect our party to pursue impeachment next Congress.
"Secretary Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. His conduct is not incompetent; it is not negligent; it is willful and intentional," Biggs said.
Mayorkas did not hold a news conference in El Paso, but his office released an "update" on how it is preparing for the end of Title 42, the COVID-related measure that expires a week from today.
Without Title 42 in place, Border Patrol agents will no longer be able to immediately expel illegal border-crossers for public health reasons.
In his update, Mayorkas blamed "the highest levels of migration since World War II" on "economic and political instability around the world."
But Republicans argue that the Biden administration has encouraged illegal immigration by rolling back Trump-era policies that actively discouraged it.
"The Title 42 public health order remains in place through December 20, 2022, and until then, DHS will continue to expel single adults and families encountered at the southwest border under that authority," Mayorkas said -- even as overwhelmed border agents in El Paso were mass-releasing migrants onto city streets.
“Once the Title 42 order is no longer in place, DHS will process individuals encountered at the border without proper travel documents using its longstanding Title 8 authorities, which provide for meaningful consequences, including barring individuals who are removed from re-entry for five years.
“These consequences include placing individuals in expedited removal, which allows DHS to quickly repatriate individuals who do not have a legal basis to stay in the United States," Mayorkas said in his statement.
“Nonetheless, we know that smugglers will spread misinformation to take advantage of vulnerable migrants. Let me be clear: Title 42 or not, those unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States will be removed."
Many migrants claim asylum, however -- an application process that allows them to remain in the United States until their cases are adjudicated by (overwhelmed) immigration courts -- if they even show up for the hearings, that is.
Mayorkas continues to insist that "we have maintained safe, orderly, and humane processes" at the border, despite video showing thousands of people daily flocking into El Paso, Eagle Pass, Yuma, and other border cities and states.
“Since the launch of the Southwest Border Coordination Center in February, DHS has led a whole-of-government plan to prepare for and manage increased encounters of noncitizens at our southwest border," Mayorkas said.
"Thanks to prudent planning and execution, and the talent and unwavering dedication of the DHS workforce and our partners, we have maintained safe, orderly, and humane processes that are managing more than twice as many people than they were built for, while ensuring national security and public safety.
“Despite our efforts, our outdated immigration system is under strain," Mayorkas said. "In the absence of congressional action to reform the immigration and asylum systems, a significant increase in migrant encounters will strain our system even further."
Mayorkas said a "real solution" can come only from immigration reform legislation.
‘Failure to maintain operational control’
In Washington on Tuesday, Rep. Biggs outlined Republican grounds for ending Mayorkas' tenure as Homeland Security Secretary:
"First Secretary Mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border as required under the law...As a result, more than four million illegal aliens have been apprehended under Secretary Mayorkas leadership. This number does not include known or unknown got-aways," Biggs said.
"His failure to maintain operational control of the border is allowing deadly illegal drugs such as fentanyl to come into the country. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45. His failure to maintain operational control of the border is creating a national security threat as well because potential terror threats are entering the country."
Biggs said Mayorkas may have lied to Congress when he testified that he was maintaining operational control of the border; he said Mayorkas is failing to detain illegal aliens as required by law, releasing more than a million of them instead; and he is "abusing the narrow authority that Congress gave to him to parole aliens into the United States."
"I expect the House Judiciary Committee to open an impeachment inquiry in the 118th Congress formally investigate Secretary Mayorkas and finally to proceed to impeach him," Biggs concluded.
"The investigation will further prove that what we've been saying all along about Secretary Mayorkas -- every day Secretary Mayorkas remains in office, America becomes less safe."
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