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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

    The Trump administration has cited keeping drug smugglers and other criminals out as a central reason for tighter restrictions along the border. It’s part of the president’s justification for a border wall and dates to the first moments of his campaign. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/10/border-drug-trafficking-prosecutions-plunged-zero-tolerance/1521128002/ …pic.twitter.com/SxO2cU1CzT

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      2. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        But, as prosecutors and border agents raced to bring those migrants to court, the number of people they charged under key drug-trafficking laws dropped by 30 percent, a USA TODAY review of court dockets and Justice Department records found.

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      3. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in New Mexico, Elizabeth Martinez, said the drop in drug cases there “is completely unrelated to the office’s immigration enforcement efforts.” Others were just as certain the shift in focus played a key role.

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      4. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        “There’s no doubt in my mind that serious federal felony offenses are being declined because of the additional resources being spent on people crossing the Southwest border,” said John Sandweg, a former acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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      5. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        The shift had another consequence, too: More border drug cases started appearing in local courts in Southern California, even though drug violations typically are punished far less harshly in state courts than in federal ones.

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      6. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        For example, cocaine trafficking can lead to a prison sentence as short as two years in California state court while some federal trafficking charges carry a 10-year mandatory minimum.

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      7. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        The district attorney’s office in San Diego County, which covers the length of the southern border in California, said in June that the number of drug cases it received from Homeland Security agents had doubled since the start of zero tolerance.

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      8. USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Oct 10

        Read the full story:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/10/border-drug-trafficking-prosecutions-plunged-zero-tolerance/1521128002/ …

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      1. 1RACE-HUMAN‏ @mgullia065 Oct 10
        Replying to @USATODAY

        #Bullshit #ImpeachTrumpAndPence #BoycottUSAToday State run news.

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      2. Craig Chamberlin‏ @CraigChamberlin Oct 10
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        You cannot charge people who are no longer here (or coming here). In that respect, this chart represents progress.

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      3. Brad Heath‏Verified account @bradheath 23h23 hours ago
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        There's no evidence that smuggling has slowed. The DHS secretary said in August that agents "interdict more and more drugs at the border each month." Instead, there's evidence that agents are taking smuggling cases to state prosecutors instead of to DOJ.

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      1. Alan Williams‏ @Alwill52 21h21 hours ago
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        Of course this is unconstitutional because constitutional experts at usa are against you can’t single out entrepreneurs

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      1. MakingTheGrade‏ @hagjrg Oct 10
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        Imperative: In US...Immigrant children traumatized by Admin. ruthlessly separating them from parents & detaining @ cronie$ privatized facilitie$! Where are the details on # & ages of kids, facilities, & Co$t to Actual Taxpayer$?!?! Why Not Provide Stats to Public on Daily Basis?

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      1. islandlady  🌊‏ @islandlady712 Oct 10
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        Since when is trump paying you to place his stories here . Or who are you owned by

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      1. Greek Brothers‏ @2GreekBrothers Oct 10
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        How about keeping hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from coming into this country? Is that a good enough reason?

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      1. Lorane Prendergast‏ @LoraneP Oct 10
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        This is BS THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CAUSED THE OPIODE CRISIS. THEY MADR $$$$$ BY TURNING PSYIENTS IN TO ADDICTS

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      1. Anonymous‏ @wretchedrefused Oct 10
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        CIA involvement in trafficking is usually alleged to be connected to the Contra war in Nicaragua during the Reagan Administration, which acknowledged in 1986 that funds from cocaine smuggling had helped fund the Contra rebels, but stated that the smuggling was not authorizedpic.twitter.com/4O7QJPDNnh

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      1. Quizboy Billy‏ @quizboybilly Oct 10
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        publishing stories that contain demonstrable lies from trump is not good practice.

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