Despite an overall decrease in illegal crossings under the Trump administration, Border Patrol agents in the Swanton Sector—covering Vermont, parts of upstate New York, and New Hampshire—continue to disrupt serious criminal activity along the northern border.
President Donald Trump threatened Canada with increased tariffs on Thursday, announcing a 35% levy to take effect on August 1 unless the country addresses the trade deficit and fentanyl.
A new visa restriction announced June 26 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio under President Trump’s leadership targets drug traffickers, their families, and close associates.
A Washington state man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after law enforcement found him in possession of over 10,000 fentanyl pills and he attempted to assault a police officer.
Sixteen Senate Democrats voted against classifying fentanyl as a Schedule 1 controlled substance last week, opposing the HALT Fentanyl Act, which ultimately passed the Senate with an 84-16 vote. The lone independent voting against the bill was Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who often aligns with left-wing Democrats on spending and criminal justice issues.
Federal authorities in Arizona have uncovered a large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation in which drug dealers disguised hundreds of thousands of pills inside roof shingle packaging.
Republican lawmakers in Illinois are introducing legislation to crack down on fentanyl dealers, calling the crisis a public health emergency. The proposed bills would increase penalties for those distributing the deadly drug and officially classify fentanyl overdose deaths as fentanyl poisoning.
Authorities say Indianapolis resident Marialuiza Ruiz, 32, has been charged with felony child neglect after her 9-month-old daughter reportedly overdosed on fentanyl.
