Biden administration officials, during testimony at subcommittee hearings on Wednesday, accused China of being reluctant to cooperate with the United States in combating illegal fentanyl smuggling at the border.
Fentanyl precursors are illegally produced in China and flow into Mexican cartels where they are processed into fentanyl and smuggled across the border. according to In the brief of the US-China Economic and Security Committee. China was initially supportive of U.S. efforts to crack down on domestically manufactured fentanyl, but recently chose to “stay out” of the issue, said Kemp Chester, deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. talk. Said At a House subcommittee hearing on “Combating Fentanyl Flows from the Southwest Border.” (Related: “In the Shadows”: DCNF reporter explains how ICE grossly underreported illegal immigration data)
“Has China helped us in the last year or two? Have you seen that level of cooperation?” asked Democratic California Congressman Lou Correa, a prominent member of the committee. .
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“For over a year, for a variety of reasons, China has decided not to engage with the United States on anti-narcotics and many other issues. Told.
Chester works with several government agencies to coordinate efforts to reduce the availability of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs in the United States by disrupting the drug supply chain. according to to his White House career. He works with both the White House and the National Security Council to manage these partnerships.
“It feels like every time I stop in one place something else explodes,” Correa said.
Drug seizures have surged in recent months.
Border agents seized enough fentanyl to kill two million people in California in June. The Northern Border Patrol has seen a surge in drug smuggling, with £1,500 of drugs seized between October 2022 and February 2023, surpassing the £1,300 seized in fiscal year 2022.
The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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