Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stated on May 14 that the amount of fentanyl U.S. border agents intercepted on the Texas–Mexico border increased by 800 percent in April compared to the same month last year.
“I gotta tell you, there’s a new dynamic about what’s going on at the border that Americans need to know about, and that is increased apprehension of fentanyl coming across the border,” Abbott said during an interview with Fox News. “Yes, there may be people coming across, but there are dangerous drugs coming across the border.
