EXCLUSIVE: Drug cartels and trafficking networks at the southern border are seeking to exploit the coronavirus crisis for their own profit, as the administration is seizing enormous amounts of deadly narcotics, the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told Fox News. “As for the cartels and drug trafficking networks, we know that there is no ‘day off’ for them,” Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan told Fox News this week. Morgan, in response to written questions, gave examples of the work CBP agents and officers are doing amid the crisis to stop drugs coming across the border. Morgan said that the battle against drug smugglers shows the importance of border security --- even as immigrant rights activists and international bodies have called for the easing of certain border security measures. NUMBER OF MIGRANTS IN CBP CUSTODY AT BORDER PLUMMETS AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS“Effective border security is an intertwined and complex set of threats.

Source: Fox News May 16, 2020 18:56 UTC