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Friday, 09/20/2024 10:42:03 AM

Friday, September 20, 2024 10:42:03 AM

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Scanners that spot smuggled fentanyl at the border sit unused because Congress hasn't provided the cash to install them
The money to install the screeners was in the supplemental funding request Republicans blocked.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/border-fentanyl-scanners-unused-congress-provided-no-money-rcna141432
March 5, 2024, 4:30 AM MST / Source: NBC New York
By Laura Strickler, Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez

Customs and Border Protection has spent millions on the most up-to-date high-tech scanners to spot fentanyl crossing the southern U.S. border, but many scanners are sitting in warehouses unused because Congress hasn’t appropriated funds to install them, acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller told NBC News.




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