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State Department brief: administration pursuing cartel FTO designations and sanctions to curb fentanyl
Summary
At a State Department briefing, Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Piggott said the administration is pursuing designation of certain cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and additional sanctions aimed at disrupting fentanyl trafficking, and claimed illegal border crossings have fallen 95% from last year.
Tommy Piggott, principal deputy spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State, told reporters at a briefing that the administration is taking steps to secure the U.S. border, including moves to designate certain cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and to impose sanctions aimed at disrupting the flow of fentanyl. "The main takeaway today after the brief are all the steps that we are taking to secure our border," Piggott said.
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