{"id":2156623,"date":"2024-01-23T07:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pawn-stars-celebrity-rick-harrison-blames-border-crisis-for-sons-death\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T07:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:55:48","slug":"pawn-stars-celebrity-rick-harrison-blames-border-crisis-for-sons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pawn-stars-celebrity-rick-harrison-blames-border-crisis-for-sons-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Harrison, star of &#8216;Pawn Stars,&#8217; attributes son&#8217;s death to border crisis"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpawn-stars-celebrity-rick-harrison-blames-border-crisis-for-sons-death%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=2156623&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--><h2>Rick Harrison Blames Border Crisis for Son&#8217;s \u2063Overdose \u2063Death<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image content --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rick Harrison, the lead in \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeless-shelter-built-by-extreme-makeover-home-edition-shuts-down-after-vagrants-take-advantage-of-charity-report\/\" title=\"Homeless Shelter Built By \u2018Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\u2019 Shuts Down After Vagrants Take Advantage Of Charity: Report\">hit reality show<\/a> &#8220;Pawn Stars,&#8221;\u2064 attributed\u2063 his 39-year-old son&#8217;s tragic overdose death to the ongoing crisis\u200b along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I \u2062can \u2062confirm Adam died from \u2064a fentanyl\u200b overdose,&#8221;\u200d the 58-year-old businessman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/22\/entertainment\/pawn-stars-lead-rick-harrisons-sons-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">told<\/a> \u200c the New York Post\u2063 in a Monday statement. As \u200cTMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/01\/22\/rick-harrison-says-son-died-of-fetanyl-overdose-blames-boarder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier Monday, &#8220;the \u2063Harrison family \u2064found out on Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/01\/19\/pawn-stars-rick-harrison-son-adam-dead-dies-overdose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam died<\/a> from a fatal overdose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2Tq4yrrPE7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The fentanyl\u2063 crisis in\u200d this country must\u200c be taken more\u2062 seriously,&#8221; Harrison emphasized to\u200c the Post. &#8220;It\u2062 seems it is just flowing over the borders and nothing is being done about it. We must do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl seizures by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have skyrocketed by 860 percent since 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/fighting-fentanyl-border-agents-working-thwart-narcotics-smuggling\/story?id=104689211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, House Republicans \u2063held their second impeachment hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, focusing on his failures related to the border.\u200d Josephine Dunn, a witness at the hearing whose daughter died from \u2062fentanyl poisoning, also blamed the administration&#8217;s open-border \u2062policies for her family tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In \u200dmy humble opinion, Mr. Mayorkas&#8217; border policy is \u200cpartially responsible for my\u200d daughter&#8217;s death,&#8221;\u2062 Dunn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-second-hearing-house-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On\u200c Monday, the Supreme\u2062 Court\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2810957\/supreme-court-allows-border-razor-wire-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> in\u200c favor of the Biden administration\u2062 in \u200ca contentious Texas case where state officials opposed the \u2063federal government&#8217;s efforts to\u2062 remove\u200b razor wire \u2062along the border. The \u2064court&#8217;s \u2063decision, with a 5-4 vote, allowed the federal\u200b government to dismantle the state-installed barrier along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass. \u2064Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh formed the minority who\u2063 would have prevented the administration from removing the border barriers.<\/p>\n<p>December \u200cmarked a \u2064new <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/02\/report-u-s-sets-record-for-most-single-month-illegal-encounters-at-the-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record<\/a> for the number of \u200dmigrant encounters in a single month, with over 300,000 reported. According to the \u2062House Homeland\u2064 Security\u200d Committee, under Biden&#8217;s leadership, there have been at\u200b least <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Arthur\/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1.7 million<\/a> known &#8220;gotaways&#8221; who have evaded Border Patrol and entered the\u2062 country, with even more going undetected. In fiscal year 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2023\/10\/26\/factsheet-final-fy23-numbers-show-worst-year-at-americas-borders-ever\/#:~:text=In%20FY2023%2C%20169%20individuals%20whose,were%20apprehended%20in%20September%20alone.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">169 individuals<\/a> \u2062caught attempting to cross \u2062illegally were on the terrorist \u200cwatchlist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/26\/bidens-border-crisis-is-as-bad-as-ever-his-admin-is-just-better-at-hiding-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden&#8217;s\u200b Border Crisis Is As Bad \u2064As Ever, His Admin \u2063Is Just Better At Hiding It<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Axios\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/01\/22\/house-homeland-security-mayorkas-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on Monday\u2062 that the House Homeland Security \u2064Committee is expected to draft four articles of impeachment \u2062against Mayorkas on January 30.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The panel aims to swiftly proceed with the impeachment of \u200b [Mayorkas] over\u200d his\u2062 handling of border policy, with a\u2062 potential floor vote as early\u200b as early February,&#8221; Axios stated.<\/p>\n<p>Texas \u2064Rep. Michael McCaul, chair\u200d of the Foreign Affairs Committee, \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/gop-impeachment-push-architect-destruction-mayorkas-finish-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed<\/a> his belief that Mayorkas will be impeached after \u200dthis month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The founding fathers talked about \u200cbreach of public trust being\u2064 sufficient for impeachment,\u2064 and we intend to \u200cmove forward,&#8221; McCaul \u200bsaid. \u200b&#8221;Chairman Mark Green is \u2064doing an excellent job.\u200d We&#8217;re collaborating. Articles of impeachment will be \u2064drafted on January 31st, and \u200cwe will proceed with\u2062 the impeachment\u200b after \u2062that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan \u2064Justice is \u200bthe western correspondent\u200d for The Federalist \u2063and \u2062the author of Social\u2064 Justice Redux,\u200d a conservative newsletter on culture, health, \u2063and wellness. He \u200dhas \u2062also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has been \u200cfeatured\u200b in Real\u200c Clear Politics\u200c and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington \u200bUniversity with a major in political science and a minor in\u2062 journalism. Follow him \u2062on\u200d Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact\u2062 him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What measures has the Biden administration taken to address \u2063the surge in fentanyl seizures by Customs and Border Protection?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R-crisis-is-fueling-drug-trafficking-and-violent-crime\/&#8221;>Biden&#8217;s \u200bBorder Crisis Is Fueling Drug\u2063 Trafficking and Violent Crime]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The border crisis has become a hot topic of debate, as it \u200dcontinues to have devastating consequences\u200d for families across the country. Rick Harrison, the well-known lead in the\u2063 hit reality show \u2063&#8221;Pawn Stars,&#8221; recently spoke out about the tragic overdose death of\u2064 his 39-year-old\u200d son, Adam, and attributed it to \u2062the ongoing crisis along the southern border. Harrison&#8217;s heartbreaking loss serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to address the drug trafficking \u2064and \u200bviolence that \u200dis plaguing\u200c our nation.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison confirmed\u2064 that his\u2064 son \u2063died from a fentanyl overdose, a drug that has wreaked havoc across the United\u2063 States. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is significantly more potent than heroin, has contributed\u2064 to a \u2062surge in overdose deaths in recent years. According to reports, fentanyl seizures by \u200bCustoms and Border\u2063 Protection (CBP) have skyrocketed by 860 percent since 2019. This alarming increase highlights\u200b the urgent need for action to secure our borders and prevent the flow of lethal drugs into our communities.<\/p>\n<p>The blame for\u2064 the crisis cannot solely be placed on one individual or administration. However, it is crucial to hold \u2064those responsible accountable for their failures. Last week, House Republicans held\u200c their\u2064 second impeachment hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, focusing on his failures related to the border. Josephine\u2064 Dunn, a witness\u2064 at \u2064the hearing who also tragically lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning, blamed \u2062the administration&#8217;s open-border policies\u200c for \u2062her family tragedy. These heart-wrenching stories underscore the far-reaching consequences \u2064of\u2064 unchecked drug trafficking and the need for immediate action.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s recent ruling, in favor\u200b of \u200dthe Biden administration, allowed the federal government to dismantle state-installed barriers along the border. The decision was contentious, with four justices dissenting. This ruling sends a concerning message \u2062about the\u200c importance of \u200dborder security and the ability of law enforcement to do their job effectively. It is essential that we prioritize the \u200csafety and security \u200dof our citizens by providing the necessary tools and resources to those responsible for protecting our borders.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers speak for themselves. December marked a new record for the\u2062 number \u2063of migrant\u200d encounters in \u2062a\u200d single month, with over 300,000 reported.\u200d Under Biden&#8217;s leadership, there have been \u2064at least\u200c 1.7 million\u2062 known &#8220;gotaways&#8221; who have evaded Border Patrol and entered the\u2062 country, with even more going \u200cundetected. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million\/\" title=\"Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones raises .1 million after reinstatement.\">alarming statistics highlight<\/a> the magnitude of the crisis and the urgent need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2000-additional-immigrants-dropped-off-in-san-diego-county\/\" title=\"2,000 more immigrants delivered to San Diego County.\">comprehensive immigration\u2063 reform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in fiscal year 2023, 169 \u200dindividuals caught attempting to cross illegally\u2062 were\u200d on \u200dthe terrorist watchlist. This terrifying reality showcases the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-points-blame-for-border-crisis-elsewhere-including-climate-change\/\" title=\"Mayorkas shifts blame for border crisis, cites climate change and other factors\">potential national security \u200drisks<\/a> associated with an unsecured border. It\u200b is imperative that we address these vulnerabilities and prioritize the safety of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic loss of Rick Harrison&#8217;s son serves as \u2063a painful reminder of the devastating impact of the border crisis. It is time for\u2063 our leaders to come together and\u2062 prioritize\u200b the safety and security of American \u2064citizens. We must take swift and decisive action to secure our borders, prevent drug trafficking, and protect our communities from the deadly consequences of illegal drug\u2064 use.<\/p>\n<p>Families \u200bshould not have to suffer the heartbreak of losing loved ones to a crisis that can be addressed. Let us honor the memory \u200bof those lost by working together to find effective solutions \u2062and restore the\u200c security and well-being\u200c of our nation. The time for action is \u200cnow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Harrison, star of &#8220;Pawn Stars,&#8221; attributed his son&#8217;s fatal overdose to the border crisis. Confirming the cause as fentanyl, the 58-year-old businessman expressed his grief in a statement to the New York Post. 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