The container on the left, holding 3,200 pounds of cocaine in 60 packages, was seized at the port in New Jersey. Two weeks later, after he announced his intent to declare a national emergency, he brought it up again: “A big majority of the big drugs, the big drug loads don’t go through ports of entry,” he said. Despite Trump’s claims, experts say the majority of drugs come into the United States through legal ports of entry — not illegal crossings. A container with about 3,200 pounds of cocaine was seized in Newark, N.J., last month. Of the 120 seizures included in the releases, 82 had occurred at a port of entry; 14 occurred at or near immigration checkpoints, Bump reported.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2019 23:54 UTC