Claims of a migrant crime wave have been debunked. But many politicians have made a specific point about fentanyl, linking the deadly narcotic to illegal immigration.
Experts say that link is largely untrue.
But data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies show the vast majority of fentanyl comes through legal ports of entry. And the people bringing it into the country are native born Americans.
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