During a briefing with reporters, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said it was 'unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by non-citizens encountered in between the ports of entry who are making claims of credible fear and seeking asylum.'
Thompson cites Mayorkas to refute claims linking fentanyl trafficking to asylum seekers.
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