{"id":1903823,"date":"2023-03-23T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-stopping-communist-chinas-plan-to-poison-america-with-fentanyl-starts-with-securing-the-border-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:33:35","slug":"gop-reps-stopping-communist-chinas-plan-to-poison-america-with-fentanyl-starts-with-securing-the-border-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-stopping-communist-chinas-plan-to-poison-america-with-fentanyl-starts-with-securing-the-border-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Reps: Stopping Communist China\u2019s Plan To Poison America With Fentanyl Starts With Securing The Border, Sanctions"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fgop-reps-stopping-communist-chinas-plan-to-poison-america-with-fentanyl-starts-with-securing-the-border-sanctions%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=1903823&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Communist China is taking advantage of the Biden administration\u2019s open border policies to poison hundreds of thousands of Americans with fatal fentanyl.  <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses and members of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions wove a terror-inducing tale in a Thursday hearing about the United States\u2019 No. 1 rival, communist China, leveraging the cartels that control Mexico to advance their money laundering efforts and harm Americans in the process. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1598083405\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9ac5655026509626e22be3d4c42c6821 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9ac5655026509626e22be3d4c42c6821\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is not drug trafficking,\u201d witness Jason Grellner,\u00a0vice president of healthcare at Evolv Technology, testified. \u201cThis is an attack on the United States. And the minute that we understand that and we go at it as an attack on the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"XFhHVeIsf3KcR3KrChel8dqzJ6BPgx0i6ZwQITyWsM72PQmuAROvjfkYLWmp541xg0FCNUEap\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hearing Entitled: Follow the Money: The CCP's Business Model Fueling the Fentanyl Crisis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-EiwBf5yfFQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2021 alone, <a href=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/research-topics\/trends-statistics\/overdose-death-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">70,601 Americans<\/a> died due to synthetic opioid overdoses, while drug overdoses are the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29262202\/#:~:text=The%20frequency%20of%20opioid%20overdose,being%20the%20most%20common%20drug.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading cause of accidental death<\/a> in the U.S. Most of those deaths can be attributed to fentanyl, one of the most potent, lucrative, and lethal drugs on the black market.  <\/p>\n<p>Just last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/alert\/dea-reports-widespread-threat-fentanyl-mixed-xylazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> Americans that illicit drug producers have begun mixing fentanyl with xylazine, a \u201cpowerful sedative\u201d that resists lifesaving opioid overdose treatments like naloxone.<\/p>\n<p>One gram of fentanyl, about the size of a pack of table sugar, can kill approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/BA\/BA10\/20230323\/115542\/HHRG-118-BA10-20230323-SD002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">500 people<\/a>.  Because of its powerful punch and small size, cartels often see smuggling fentanyl and fentanyl-laced products as a means to make more money with less risk. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8a15a3623c7842202274757c2df3bdb3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8a15a3623c7842202274757c2df3bdb3\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2022, Customs and Border Protection seized 14,700 pounds of fentanyl. That\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">triple the amount they seized in 2020<\/a>. Since President Joe Biden was elected, CBP reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/cbp-officers-make-history-record-breaking-fentanyl-and-meth-seizure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record-breaking fentanyl seizures<\/a> nearly every month.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal organizations that control the border may be responsible for smuggling the fatal drug but their operations are sustained by investors linked to the Chinese Communist Party, who fund and manufacture the components required to assemble fentanyl pills. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese serve as key enablers of the Mexican drug trafficking organizations, they profit at the front end of the business cycle, purveying fentanyl and precursor chemicals, and at the back end by laundering the millions of dollars generated by the Mexican cartels in the U.S.,\u201d witness Celina B. Realuyo, an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, testified.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Chinese investors sustained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/illicit-cannabis-china-00086125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands of illegal weed-growing and selling operations<\/a> in Mexico and the U.S. In recent years, to get their hands on more American dollars, the CCP has shifted their focus to arguably the most potent and lucrative opioid on the market. They do this by producing the precursor chemicals required to make fentanyl and expanding those chemical productions to other countries like India. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2185321e050d23009ab7cb219b281c2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2185321e050d23009ab7cb219b281c2\"><\/div>\n<p>The CCP\u2019s motives, members and witnesses at the hearing declared, are less than pure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one reason that they\u2019re selling this poison: it is to destabilize the United States and to kill Americans,\u201d Grellner said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese actors aggressively use the internet and social media to advertise and market their illicit products, often in English. They blatantly target Western consumers,\u201d Jonathan Cassara,\u00a0a retired special agent for the U.S. Treasury, added.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Biden administration and Congress, witnesses and members admitted, have not even begun to adequately address the issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the gravity and scale of the situation, it is unclear why the Justice Department\u2019s top priority isn\u2019t to stop this reverse opium war that China is perpetrating against us. While there are a lot of pieces to this enormous challenge, including our unsecured border, the flow of money is the lifeblood of fentanyl trafficking,\u201d Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer, the Republican representing Missouri\u2019s 3rd congressional district, said in his opening statement. <\/p>\n<h2>Cutting off Profits Starts at the Southern Border<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats hesitated to discuss securing the border as a solution because, as ranking member Joyce Beatty said, this hearing is \u201cabout the money and not necessarily other things we\u2019re hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as witnesses and members both admitted, beefing up operations at the border will keep the overwhelming rush of illegal border crossers at bay and stop \u201cmaking it easier for drug traffickers to slip through the cracks and bring dangerous fentanyl in our country,\u201d as Republican Rep. Roger Williams of Texas said. Designating cartels known for smuggling fentanyl as foreign terrorists, something <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/08\/21-attorneys-general-call-on-biden-to-treat-mexican-drug-cartels-like-the-terrorist-organizations-they-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several attorneys general<\/a> have asked the Biden administration to do, could also be a useful tool in combatting the fentanyl crisis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I could suggest one thing that our government should do: control the border,\u201d Cassara said.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals, like the cartels that control the border, are, Cassara said, \u201cmotivated by profits, by proceeds of crime, not the criminal activity themselves.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the advent of Chinese money launderers, however, they\u2019re able to orchestrate the movement of money into the hands of Chinese oligarchs who can then use those U.S. greenbacks to purchase land in the United States, real estate,\u201d Grellner explained. \u201cThey can place individuals into our higher learning centers and pay cash for that in U.S. greenbacks that they cannot get in China. They can do that at a cost savings to the Mexican drug cartels who were one time paying anywhere from 15 to 20 percent on the dollar to Colombian money launderers can now play 1 to 2 percent to the Chinese.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Biden\u2019s dismantling border security measures, cartels are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/30\/theres-nothing-humane-about-emboldening-the-corrupt-cartels-exploiting-our-open-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emboldened<\/a> to not only continue their fentanyl smuggling but expand their black market influence further. The CCP is merely taking advantage of that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur failure to secure our own sovereignty is creating a financial incentive for the Chinese Communist Party to kill Americans,\u201d Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>So is Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/president-of-mexico-denies-fentanyl-is-produced-or-consumed-in-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outright denied last week<\/a> that Mexico produces fentanyl. Lopez Obrador showed he\u2019s clearly not interested in international enforcement cooperation after he blamed the U.S. drug overdose crisis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexicos-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-blames-us-fentanyl-crisis-lack-of-hugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American parenting<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>Sanctions Show China Who Is Boss  <\/h2>\n<p>Just like cartels are motivated by profit, so are the CCP investors who lead fentanyl exports to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about money, whether it\u2019s in legitimate commerce or illicit activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, or human trafficking. It\u2019s all about the money,\u201d Donald Im,\u00a0a retired assistant special agent in charge of the chemical, pharmaceutical, and cyber section of the DEA Special Operations Division, said.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies across the U.S. governments have identified the CCP players responsible for fueling the fentanyl crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are able to identify the evidence and information that they are committing illicit activities and crimes,\u201d Im said. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Biden administration, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted in a Senate hearing this week, hasn\u2019t imposed any sanctions on the CCP for its involvement in the growing number of U.S. deaths attributed to fentanyl. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"v7a54hjcfeSmLdrxYt6eTITrZAwAQIpNCz5HZsVbB0Ruqd26GPp4DYh18UJ9vUo3gX\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> why the Biden Admin has imposed ZERO counter-fentanyl sanctions on China in the last year. PRC individuals &#038; companies trafficking precursors &#038; fueling America&#8217;s fentanyl crisis, which is killing over 70,000 Americans per year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVfHZTuXId\">pic.twitter.com\/YVfHZTuXId<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHagerty\/status\/1638904820785459203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think using sanctions also against China could be a very innovative way to hold both Mexicans and Chinese accountable,\u201d Realuyo explained, noting the Trump administration\u2019s success in sanctioning China. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-626aa92bba926f28296df850a74d9feb fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-626aa92bba926f28296df850a74d9feb\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">border crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cartels\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">cartels<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ccp\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">CCP<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dea\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">DEA<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/doj\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">DOJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">fentanyl<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">House Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/money-laundering\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">money laundering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China is taking advantage of the Biden administration\u2019s open border policies to poison hundreds of thousands of Americans with fatal fentanyl. 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