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On the recordApril 4, 2011
According to the Department of Justice, 90 percent of the drugs smuggled into the United States entered through the land ports.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee cites drug smuggling statistics to argue for better infrastructure at land ports.

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