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On the recordFebruary 6, 2023
86 percent of the people convicted of fentanyl smuggling in 2021 were American citizens, not foreign nationals.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin highlights that most fentanyl smugglers are U.S. citizens, not immigrants.

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