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Fentanyl Seizures Drop Amid Immigration Focus | Concord News
Fentanyl seizures dropped 39% in the first year of Trump’s second term as HSI pivoted aggressively toward immigration enforcement—diverting over 250,000 hours from fentanyl investigations (a 31% cut) while boosting immigration work by 800%, with agents confirming the shift. The inspector general now urges HSI to reassess staffing for fentanyl cases, a move ICE agrees with and plans to address by June 2027. Compounding the issue: outdated tech, funding delays, lack of direct authority, and insufficient case referrals from CBP further hampered efforts to combat the deadly drug crisis. Listen in…
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