How Chaos at Border Fuels Opioid Crisis

The crisis at the southwest border continues to spiral out of control with U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announcing a record 212,672 migrant encounters in July.

The over 1.3 million encounters thus far in fiscal year 2021 is a stark reminder that the free-for-all along the border continues to rage unabated.

Much attention has been paid to the humanitarian crisis that this situation has created, particularly along the border itself. But the failure to adequately secure the border also reaches deep into the interior of the United States.

Specifically, transnational criminal organizations have exploited the chaos along the border and allowed portions of it to become a superhighway for various contraband and illicit drugs to pour into the nation.