Vast majority of large U.S. fentanyl seizures happen along Mexican border, report finds

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Open this photo in gallery: In 2023-2024, counties along the Canadian border accounted for less than 2.5 per cent of large fentanyl seizures in the U.S.Patrick Doyle/Reuters Almost all large seizures of illicit fentanyl in the United States occur along the southern border with Mexico, according to a new report that casts more doubt on the White House’s claim that the drug is “pouring” into the U.S. from Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump has cited the fentanyl crisis as a legal rationale to invoke emergency economic powers and impose tariffs on imports from Canada. But a Manhattan Institute report by...