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		righthand on Feb 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The government information crisis is bigger than y... The War on Drugs is a pretty good study. Also drugs and trafficking don’t only come from Mexico. US-Mexico isn’t the only border.

theultdev on Feb 1, 2025 [–]

So trafficking comes from other places so no point in reducing it in places we can control?

We monitor ports of entry. It's easier if you don't have to monitor the entire border, you can focus more on ports of entry for other trafficking sources.

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