Republican and Democratic lawmakers push Biden admin to protect US border from fentanyl trafficking
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Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Andrew Garbarino have joined forces to call on President Biden to strengthen efforts to stop fentanyl from flowing over the U.S.-Mexico border.
Caroline McKee is a Capitol Hill producer for Fox News covering the House and Senate. You can reach her at caroline.mckee@fox.com, or follow her on Twitter at @CarolineMcKee12.
In April 2022, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events, and fentanyl has become a key focus of the 2022 midterm elections as a community and a southern border issue.
Spanberger is one of a handful of Democrats to break with her party to call attention to the southern border crisis, and the issue has been a theme throughout her career. She spent time as a CIA agent working on counterterrorism and international drug trafficking at the southern border, and in Congress has worked on border security and supports a pathway to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants.