No. More than 85% of fentanyl drug traffickers convicted in the U.S. in 2023 were American citizens. The Cato Institute, a conservative think-tank, found that less than 0.01% of those arrested for illegal border crossing in 2022 possessed fentanyl.

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No. More than 85% of fentanyl drug traffickers convicted in the U.S. in 2023 were American citizens. The Cato Institute, a conservative think-tank, found that less than 0.01% of those arrested for illegal border crossing in 2022 possessed fentanyl.