For at least the last three full fiscal years, the amount of fentanyl captured coming from Canada has made up less than 1% of all fentanyl seized nationwide by the Border Patrol and the Office of Field Operations.
“There is no indication at all that any significant amount of fentanyl is coming to the United States from Canada,” Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.
“Seizures at the northern border found only very small amounts trafficked, essentially for personal use,” she said.
Illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped to a five-year low this week, amid the holidays and the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to contain unlawful crossings at the border.
U.S. Border Patrol logged an average of 1,000 daily migrant encounters in the seven days that ended on Jan. 5 along the U.S.-Mexico border, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official told USA TODAY.
Trump hasn't been in the big seat long enough (less than a month) to even measure any effects of his policy changes.
Give him a quarter of the year before you sing his praises.