America Faces No Greater Threat Than Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. Their Assault to Our Borders Is As Great As Their Assault to Free Speech and Free Elections
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
CALIFORNIA - NARCOMEX NORTE - California Border Crossing Sets Record for Meth, Fentanyl Seizures - The mother of two children killed by fentanyl poisoning slammed the federal government’s extravagant support for illegal migrants in a House hearing on Tuesday.
Mom of 2 Fentanyl Victims to Congress: ‘You’re Welcoming Drug Dealers Across Our Border!’
The mother of two children killed by fentanyl poisoning slammed the federal government’s extravagant support for illegal migrants in a House hearing on Tuesday.
“You talk about welcoming those crossing our border “seeking protection” — you’re welcoming drug dealers across our border!” said Rebecca Kiessling, the emotional Michigan mother of sons Caleb and Kyler, adding:
I don’t use the term “drug overdose” because this was not an overdose. This was murder. My children got fake Percocets pills] that were fentanyl. There was no Percocet in it at all. And it’s “homicide,” not “overdose.”
Her sons, Caleb, 20, and Kyler, 18, and another friend, 17-year-old Sophia Harris, died in July 2020 in a hotel room in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Kiessling said:
If we had Chinese troops lining up along our southern border with weapons aimed at our people, with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our cities, you damned well know you would do something about it. We have a weather balloon from China going across the country. Nobody died, and everybody’s freaking out about it.
But 100,000 die [Americans] every year, and nothing’s being done. Not enough is being done. Numbers are going up, not down. And you talk about [migrant] children being taken away from their parents. My children were taken away from me!
A 100,000 Americans a year — 200,000 because it’s both parents, right” — are having their children taken away from them!
This should not be politicized. It’s not about race. Fentanyl doesn’t care about race. You talk about welcoming those crossing our border “seeking protection.” You’re welcoming drug dealers across our border. You’re giving them protection. You’re not protecting our children. I’ve been in support groups on Facebook with there’s 1000s of parents who have lost their children. Everyday faces are added.
It’s dehumanizing, it’s demoralizing.
Kiessling was invited to testify by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In contrast, Democrats used most of their time during the hearing to call for more migration. A Democratic press statement ignored Kiessling’s testimony and said:
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, led Committee Democrats in calling out Republicans for holding another politically charged border security hearing to attack the Administration while ignoring the clear need for comprehensive immigration reform to address the situation at the border.
Since 2021, Biden and his deputies have dismantled border protections and welcomed at least 3 million migrants — including 1 million stealthy “gotaways” — across the U.S. border. The economic inflow has helped hide the fast-rising inflow of smuggled fentanyl and other drugs that kill 100,000 Americans each year.
But neither GOP politicians nor President Joe Biden has been willing to use economic pressure on Mexico’s government to make it fight the very wealthy and heavily armed cartels that kill roughly 100,000 Americans each year.
In 2019, President Donald Trump forced Mexico to curb the inflow of migrants by threatening to throttle Mexico’s trade with U.S. companies. Business groups raged against Trump’s threat — but Mexico gave in and curbed the inflow of migrants to very low levels.
Instead of copying Trump’s diplomatic and economic pressure, White House officials and legislators in both parties now prefer to talk about other things — border chaos, refugees, cheap labor, asylum, reforms, drug interdictions, and amnesties.
Those debates and chatter look good on TV — and they do not anger the business groups that both parties consider vital to their chances of victory in 2024.
The beltway silence about diplomatic and trade pressure also helps the White House by ensuring Mexico’s continued cooperation with the quiet inflow of perhaps 600,000 more migrants before the 2024 elections.
“We are doing that which needs to be done” about drugs, Biden’s pro-migration homeland security chief told the Washington Post in January.
California Border Crossing Sets Record for Meth, Fentanyl Seizures
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Andrade Port of Entry in California established a new port record with the seizure of nearly $1 million worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The officers found the drugs hidden in a vehicle’s fuel tank.
CBP officers assigned to the Andrade Port of Entry on February 26 observed a woman driving a 2016 pickup truck approaching from Mexico for entry inspection into the United States. During the initial interview, the officer decided to refer the woman to a secondary inspection checkpoint.
At the secondary station, officers conducted a non-intrusive inspection of the vehicle. A K-9 team also did a walk around the truck and alerted to an odor it is trained to detect, according to a statement from CBP officials.
The officers began a physical search of the truck. During the inspection they discovered 76 packages of drugs hidden in the fuel tank, officials reported. Testing of the drugs returned positive indications for fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Officers seized 46 packages of fentanyl pills. The packages weighed approximately 54 pounds, officials stated. They have an estimated street value of nearly $747,000.
The remaining 30 packages contained approximately 32 pounds of methamphetamine. Officials estimate the value to be about $212,000.
In total, the drugs had a combined value of nearly $1 million, setting a record for the Andrade Port of Entry.
Officers arrested the 37-year-old woman, a U.S. citizen, and turned or over to ICE Homeland Security Investigations for further investigations.
“Fentanyl is one of the deadliest drug threats our nation has ever encountered. Continuing to amplify fentanyl awareness and the dangers it poses to the health and safety of the American people is paramount,” said Sidney Aki, CBP Director of Field Operations in San Diego. “Day after day, our officers work diligently on the front line to secure our borders and keep our communities safe.”
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Watch: Mom Testifies About Sons’ Drug Deaths amid Mayorkas’ Open Border
The House Committee on Homeland Security is using its first hearing to show how cartels carry drugs through the border region, setting up a fight with Democrats who are determined to downplay the civic damage caused by illegal migration and the drug cartels.
“This is killing Americans – we must reestablish control of our southern border,” said chairman Rep. Mark Green (R-TN). “We must establish control of our southern border.”
“This hearing should be a wake-up call… our colleagues across the aisle must recognize the [nationwide] humanitarian tragedy,” Green added.
One of the witnesses testified about the loss of her two sons to fentanyl hidden in Percocet pills. “You welcoming drug dealers coming across the border … You’re not protecting our children,” Rebecca Kiessling, Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Another witness described how his hospital was forced to provide $26 million in free healthcare in one year to a wide variety of ill migrants.
The federal government’s failure to curb the inflow of drugs contributes to the deaths of more than 100,000 Americans each year.
In response, Democrats defend the loose border policies overseen by the nation’s pro-migration homeland secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.
Those policies have provided businesses with millions of imported cheap workers, renters, and consumers, have minimized diplomatic pressure on Mexico to curb cartels, and also have diverted border resources toward the task of welcoming economic migrants.
Democrats also tout a GOP member of the committee, Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX), because of his opposition to a GOP border-reform bill.
Both Republicans and Democrats try to downplay the economic purposes and impact of migration on American society.
The Democrats’ witness for the hearing is David Bier, a pro-migration advocate from Cato Institute.
The hearing, titled “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis,” can be watched here:
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