Cato Institute sets Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene straight on who’s bringing fentanyl across the border

https://twitchy.com/ ^ | November 17, 2022 | Brett T

[Danny8]

Maybe securing the border isn’t the fix. A reporter tried to set Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene straight by telling her that most fentanyl coming across the border from Mexico is carried by U.S. citizens, not immigrants. When challenged, the reporter said his source was the Cato Institute.

Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths in the United States, is showing up in campaign ads across the country. The message is simple: Fentanyl would disappear if illegal immigration disappeared.

This is wrong. If anything, border crackdowns have exacerbated the crisis.

Much of this narrative places blame on President Biden for less restrictive immigration policies, which have supposedly caused the highly potent fentanyl to “pour across our border.” But this misunderstands the obvious reality about the drug: Because it is so potent, a large supply can be easily concealed. That makes it easy to enter the country through legal border crossings.

[Dalberg-Acton]

B. S.

[Dr. Pritchett]

Aren’t these the geniuses that “can walk and chew gum at the same time”? Stop the illegals AND stop the fentanyl, assclowns.

[Persevero]

I hate having a stupid open border but I can’t deny that stupid Americans buying this poison is the main problem.

What if they sold drugs on a street corner and nobody came?

[G Larry]

If Wray can’t be impeached how about prosecuted for lying to congress?

[G Larry]

oops....wrong thread....

[GunRunner]

CATO is an admittedly pro-open borders group of pseudo-researchers. I used to listen to their podcast.

I unsubscribed after they had Beto O’Rourke on discussing how great El Paso was. That was before his Senate run; I didn’t even know who he was, but figured that wasn’t the type of crap I wanted to listen to.

[webheart]

How can they “set her straight” with words that are not the truth? Facts not in evidence.

[higgmeister]

There is one paper there but the guy that wrote it is an open borders leftist.

https://www.cato.org/search?query=fentanyl+

March 15, 2021

Washington Journal

David Bier on Biden Administration Immigration and Border Policy

Cato Institute immigration policy analyst David Bier talked about President Biden’s recent actions on immigration and border policy.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?509838-3/washington-journal-david-bier-discusses-biden-administration-immigration-border-policy&event=509838&playEvent This guy is full bull goose loony.

[DMD13]

I despise the Losertarian CATO Institute.

[Stepan12]

Libertarians are pro narcotic drugs anyway. Heroin, marihuana, fentanyl — you make it. They probably approve fentanyl use along with all other such drugs.

[Aria]

So their point is that the illegals aren’t a problem???

[MAGAthon]

another badly written headline & text.

it’s an anonymous “reporter” who claims CATO is his/her “source”.

[JustaTech]

I have no love for CATO, but the fact is that border controls won’t put a dent in fentanyl. It’s not like weed, it doesn’t need to be shipped by the ton to make a profit. One man could walk up to the new Trump wall and hand enough fentanyl between the slats to another man in a few seconds, to supply or kill the entire US population. How you gonna stop that?

We must either stop it at the source (China and the cartels), or drop prohibition altogether and deal with all such drugs as a medical issue.

[Fester Chugabrew]

What if they sold drugs on a street corner and nobody came?

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I had a similar question several weeks ago and was informed that the toxicity in this case does not require demand in order to do damage, as in sudden death. The substance has no good use that I know of. Kind of like anthrax.

[MrRelevant]

Of course its BS…. Its semantics.Illegal immigration and drug trafficking are symptoms of the same disease…. A porous border. Thats the issue. If you stop illegal cross border transgressions they both go away.

[MrRelevant]

Of course it will. Right now there is literally NOTHING stopping immigrants or drugs from passing right through. A strong border security plan would certainly diminish border crossings and by default reduce the amount of people and whatever else they bring with them.

[Machavelli]

That is counter intuitive. I do not doubt that some US citizens are involved (probably Democrat supporters and some Democrat office holders) but the Mexican drug lords have a lot of control and they are overpowering our meager forces at the border.

[NorthMountain]

Wikipedia has an interesting article on Fentanyl.

[djpg]

The supposed refutation claims that 90% that is seized comes through legal entry points. Don’t most illegals enter outside of legal entry points, where the illegals are not checked and nothing is seized? The conclusion does not follow from the evidence.