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Jamie Raskin: “86 percent of the people convicted of fentanyl smuggling in 2021 were American citizens, not foreign nationals.”

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

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

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