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Axios & WaPo: the Mysterious Drop in Illegal Migration & Fentanyl
Independent sentinel ^ | M Dowling

Posted on 07/19/2025 2:14:00 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Axios article: Illegal border crossings hit decades-low amid Trump hardline crackdown

Axios says the reason may be: The data suggest that President Trump’s hardline immigration approach — especially along the U.S.-Mexico border — may be achieving its goal, even as the administration has not stopped all noncitizens without papers from entry.

The Washington Post article: The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. officials are confronting a new and puzzling reality at the Mexican border….

(Excerpt) Read more at independentsentinel.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; bordersecurity; drugs; fentanyl; illegals; smuggling; trafficking

1 posted on 07/19/2025 2:14:00 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

Yes, they’ll have to put a team of their best investigative journalists on the mystery.


2 posted on 07/19/2025 2:17:39 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: NoLibZone
Whats mysterious about it?
3 posted on 07/19/2025 2:18:05 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Steely Tom

I’ll be the first:

Unexpected!


4 posted on 07/19/2025 2:18:47 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Steely Tom

They should go down and man 24/7 watch on the Southwest border to see if they can figure it out. Close study is needed especially May through September.


5 posted on 07/19/2025 2:19:44 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: NoLibZone

I woukd imagine these crooks don’t want to go to Aligator Alcatraz, or someplace worse.


6 posted on 07/19/2025 2:19:58 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: NoLibZone

But they told us we could not stop the invasion unless a new bill was passed and a zillion dollars was sent to Ukraine.


7 posted on 07/19/2025 2:20:09 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: NoLibZone

I just applied for a $20 billion grant to study the problem.


8 posted on 07/19/2025 2:22:51 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: NoLibZone

As our little redneck girl at work says “I don’t know Bubba, what could it be?”


9 posted on 07/19/2025 2:23:18 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Steely Tom
Yes, they’ll have to put a team of their best investigative journalists on the mystery.

Difficult, as they employ no journalists. Investigative or otherwise.

10 posted on 07/19/2025 2:31:21 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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To: NoLibZone

That’s a popup-happy site.


11 posted on 07/19/2025 3:03:53 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Steely Tom
Yes, they’ll have to put a team of their best investigative journalists on the mystery.


12 posted on 07/19/2025 3:04:59 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: NoLibZone

I thought they were too busy looking for those missing 10 million votes from 2020.


13 posted on 07/19/2025 3:10:22 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: NoLibZone

Just narrative shaping.

If it is not written about, then it did not happen.

The left are very good at writing ✍️ their version of history.

To oppose them on Wikipedia, we need reference sources. If none have written our side, it cannot make the Wilki !


14 posted on 07/19/2025 3:24:23 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: NoLibZone

It’s obvious nothing gets past these ace reporters.


15 posted on 07/19/2025 4:01:24 PM PDT by daler
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To: NoLibZone
I'm waiting for President Trump to authorize privateers to "go hunting" along the border.

16 posted on 07/19/2025 4:02:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: NoLibZone

Leftists are such scum.

They’re only pretending to be puzzled by it.

They can’t bring themselves to admit that Trump was right.


17 posted on 07/19/2025 4:11:38 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: NoLibZone

The Demonrats and Brando are responsible for the explosion of fentanyl deaths of the last four years….


18 posted on 07/19/2025 4:29:20 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: NoLibZone

“all noncitizens without papers”

Gotta contort the language any way you can to avoid saying “illegal”.


19 posted on 07/19/2025 4:37:10 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: NoLibZone
They go through contortions to attribute the cause to anything that is not Trump. 🤣

I can't wait until both publications crash & burn, to never rise again, along with host of others that are as worthless as teats on a bore-hog.

20 posted on 07/19/2025 8:24:16 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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