U.S. border officials often notify news outlets of massive drug busts at ports of entry. Most recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that in August, the San Diego Office of Field Operations seized 10,000 pounds of narcotics worth $24 million.
In this episode of Border Report Live, host Rudy Mireles and correspondent Julian Resendiz welcome David J. Bier, an expert on legal immigration, border security, and interior enforcement.
Biers is the Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute and occupies the Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy. He recently published the results of a study titled, “US Citizens Were 80 Percent of All Convicted Drug Traffickers in 2024.”
He discussed how the U.S. policies, like military strikes on boats off the coast of Venezuela or targeting migrants won’t change the fact that U.S. citizens are the overwhelming majority of traffickers.
