First on Fox: A new legislation was introduced in the House and Senate on Tuesday that would allow Fentanyl Dealer Related to distribution, resulting in death and was charged with felony murder.
Under current U.S. law, the same offence is imprisoned for at least 20 years, but the legal process for prosecution is not used as a murder. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIH), the legislation will increase the severity and consequences of dealers’ further crackdown on the fentanyl crisis.
White House displays lawn sign highlighting illegal immigration crime
The Felony Murder in the Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act was unveiled Tuesday. (Reuters)
R-Texas Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa and representative Tony Gonzales unveiled the felony murder case on Tuesday, the Felony Fentanyl Distribution Act, which also marks the national fentanyl national popularity as a double-sal distribution bill. The legislation will now be in committees in both chambers.
“Drug cartels have exploited our border loopholes to peddlers into our country, and at the same time, our communities have paid the price,” Gonzalez told Fox News Digital Numbers. “My bill sends a strong message to those who work with cartels and other bad actors – if you sell the drug and take innocent lives, justice will be delivered. Our law enforcement agencies are speeding in the United States to combat the drug’s epidemic, and it’s time to act and take punishment for fentanyl dealers.”
Although the death toll is hundreds of thousands, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that “nearly 64,000 pounds of fentanyl have been caught on the southern border”, which is enough to “kill 14 billion people.”
Sen. Joni Ernst told Fox News Digital Tuested that I have witnessed first-hand how the scourge of fentanyl has caused an incredible tragedy to the Iowa community. “I have worked hard to protect Americans and stop this deadly epidemic. The severity of the punishment for drug dealers responsible for too many Iowans’ deaths has been overdue. ”
White House touts 100-day crackdown on illegal immigration after Biden’s “deliberate unsecured border”
Tom Homan recently claimed that the Biden administration has “intentionally unsecured borders” to increase illegal immigrants bringing illegal immigrants to the United States （DEA Rocky Mountain Division/X）
The rise of deadly drug flows has been largely linked to the influx of illegal immigrants over the past four years During Biden’s administration. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) estimates: “More than 90% of fentanyl stopped fentanyl at the port of entry (POES), and the cartel attempted to smuggle it in U.S. citizens-driven vehicles.”
recent The decline in border worriesThe death toll from fentanyl consumption has also declined. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the latest data in February that from October 2023 to September 2024, the total number of drug overdose deaths fell by 24%.
President Donald Trump’s border tsar, Tom HomanOn Monday morning, it was claimed at a White House press conference that the Biden administration “deliberately unsecured border.”
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Homan continued, “the number of borders is at a historic low” and the United States has “the safest border in the history of this country.”
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