{"id":1110018,"date":"2021-12-11T20:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1110018"},"modified":"2021-12-11T20:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:14:13","slug":"exclusive-rep-murphy-fentanyl-crisis-direct-result-of-joe-bidens-reckless-open-border-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-murphy-fentanyl-crisis-direct-result-of-joe-bidens-reckless-open-border-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Murphy: Fentanyl Crisis \u2018Direct Result\u2019 of Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018Reckless\u2019 Open Border Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-murphy-fentanyl-crisis-direct-result-of-joe-bidens-reckless-open-border-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1110018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) blamed the country\u2019s current fentanyl crisis on the Biden administration\u2019s open border policies, calling it a matter of national security and demanding the president and his team be \u201cheld responsible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking with Breitbart News on Friday, Rep. Murphy, who has practiced medicine for decades, pinned the blame for the deadly fentanyl epidemic facing the country on the president\u2019s open border policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThe fentanyl crisis that we are witnessing at our southern border is a direct result of President Biden\u2019s reckless open border policies,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Citing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) report that \u201c80 percent of fentanyl that is trafficked into our country comes across our southern border,\u201d he said we must secure the border in order to bring the crisis \u201cunder control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a physician of more than 30 years and a lawmaker, it is clear to me that to get our disastrous border crisis and fentanyl drug crisis under control, we must start by enforcing our laws and securing the border,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Noting the issue\u2019s significance, he concluded by demanding the Biden administration be held accountable for endangering citizens.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a matter of national security and public health, and we must hold the Biden administration responsible for their senseless, harmful policies that are putting American lives in danger,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, Rep. Murphy wrote a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1g6lAllybl7uvv4k6Z2aQNvjO90egJEn7\/view?usp=sharing__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!bwagNO5DPNVtYPMozklH59M3SISWsfVgHV-unRmz0AwQRyBS2An16p-SIuDWDhO0_nZpcZ8%24\"><span>letter<\/span><\/a><span> with other members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus urging the Biden administration to address the surge in fatal fentanyl overdoses owing to the southern border crisis.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the letter, sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the doctors wrote of their \u201cgrave concern\u201d over the matter, blasting the current administration for its refusal to secure the border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThus far, the Administration has offered stale talking points and rehearsed political gestures but has yet to administer a clear and targeted directive to handle the Biden Border Crisis,\u201d the doctors wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>It goes on to blame the president\u2019s border policies, which, according to the letter, are being exploited by criminals to \u201cpoison\u201d American citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14120482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Meth-in-Boots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14120482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Meth-in-Boots.jpg\" alt=\"Border Patrol agents at an El Centro Sector immigration checkpoint found nearly two pounds of fentanyl hidden in a pair of boots worn by the driver. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol\/El Centro Sector)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Border Patrol agents at an El Centro Sector immigration checkpoint found nearly two pounds of fentanyl hidden in a pair of boots worn by the driver. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol\/El Centro Sector)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that our adversaries are taking advantage of President Biden\u2019s open border policies,\u201d it continues. \u201cWe know that Mexican drug cartels are working with Chinese transnational criminals to rapidly produce fentanyl in record numbers to poison Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling it a \u201ccruel, unrestricted action against the American people\u201d and a \u201cdirect result of a disastrous immigration policy,\u201d the letter issues a call for the president to act for the nation\u2019s sake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe can and we must intervene for the sake of our nation,\u201d it reads. \u201cEnforcing our rule of law is within our control, and President Biden must act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Last month, the <\/span><i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/18\/nyt-drug-deaths-surpass-car-and-gun-fatalities-combined\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;that \u201cin the 12-month period that ended in April\u201d the number of Americans killed by drugs was higher than the number of Americans killed by cars and guns combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdoses have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/cdc-drug-overdoses-reach-record-high-under-joe-biden\/\"><span>reached<\/span><\/a><span> a record high under Biden\u2019s presidency.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The CDC\u2019s data revealed that, for the first time, over 100,000 people died in the United States from drug-related deaths in the 12-month period from April 2020 through April of 2021.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The numbers indicated a 29 percent increase from the last reported 12 months \u2014 equal to one death every five minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The drug-related deaths have been fueled by fentanyl, a highly lethal opioid that has surpassed heroin as the drug involved in more overdose deaths than any other.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The proliferation of fentanyl-laced pills, which are more lethal than ever, has devastated communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2020, fatal fentanyl overdoses <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/drug-overdose-deaths-fueled-by-fentanyl-hit-record-high-in-u-s-11637161200?mod=e2tw\"><span>reached<\/span><\/a><span> a record of nearly 93,330. The numbers have increased since 2014 when about 50,000 people died from the drug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mexican cartels have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/11\/02\/mexican-cartels-fentanyl-operations-benefit-from-migrant-border-crisis\/\"><span>taking advantage<\/span><\/a><span> of the migrant crisis along the southwestern border to move fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced pills to all parts of the U.S. The DEA reported more than 9.5 million counterfeit pills were seized nationwide in September and October this year, which is more than all of 2019 and 2020 combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the federal agency, Mexican cartels perfected the mass production of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills using precursor chemicals typically sourced from China. The cartels then move fentanyl and counterfeit opioid pills through a network of associates from the border to cities across the U.S., a highly profitable endeavor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/09\/16\/exclusive-border-patrol-to-shut-down-all-sector-checkpoints-as-migrant-border-bridge-detention-camp-swells-to-10k\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> by Breitbart Texas, Border Patrol highway inspection checkpoints were closed as a result of the Haitian migrant crisis in September, though illicit narcotics routinely enter the U.S. at the checkpoints.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) blamed the country\u2019s current fentanyl crisis on the Biden administration\u2019s open border policies, calling it a matter of national &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}