In particular, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, statistics show 90 percent of heroin seized along the border, 88 percent of cocaine, and 87 percent of methamphetamine, and 80 percent of Fentanyl, in the first 11 months of 2018 fiscal year was caught trying to be smuggled in at legal crossing points.
Jackson Lee presents statistics showing most drugs enter the U.S. through legal ports, not open borders.
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