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| Republican AGs urge Trump to crack down on obscure 'loophole' cartels use to flood US with fentanyl | |
| 2025-04-01 | |
| [FoxNews] Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman is hopeful that the Trump administration will address an issue he says is a little-known "loophole" allowing shipments of fentanyl to enter the U.S. "On its face, this looks hyper technical and bureaucratic, but what it is is closing a loophole," Coleman told Fox News Digital in an interview on Monday. "And it's closing a loophole where we receive a massive number of shipments from overseas, particularly China, that receive under this Type 86 with little or no inspection. And that should astound people, that there's little or no inspection in this threat environment." Coleman is referring to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot program called Entry Type 86, which was introduced to streamline the importation process for low-value shipments, particularly those associated with e-commerce. However, Coleman, along with 24 other Republican attorneys general, says the program's "use far exceeds its original scope" and "raises serious concerns about the flood of deadly drugs coming into our country."
Coleman said they urged the Biden administration to look into the program, and now, they are hoping the Trump administration will respond to a letter they sent Monday. Most of the shipments are arriving from Mexico and China, he said. "Entry Type 86 now accounts for 75% of all de minimis goods entering the United States, with shipments increasing from 153 million in 2015 to more than 1.2 billion in 2024," the AGs wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "Any surge of this magnitude requires further study, especially when it comes to potential challenges within our customs enforcement system. It raises serious concerns about the flood of deadly drugs coming." Law enforcement and those in the shipping industry are well aware that this loophole exists, Coleman said, and it is unlikely to surprise those in Washington receiving this information, and there are ongoing dialogues about the potential dangers of parcel shipments with law enforcement agencies. "This is what drug trafficking looks like in the 21st century," Coleman said. "It looks very different than ‘Breaking Bad.’ It looks very different than what we saw a decade ago. It's not surreptitious." "I'm optimistic that the administration will be responsive," he added. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 TEMU stuff is crap and their ads are annoying AF |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-04-01 19:22 |
| #3 We found online- ok my wife found- a frame for holding logs to cut up with a chainsaw. $20 Australian. It’s a scam, said I. Waited about a year. Finally arrives- a little goldish locket on a chain with a letter of undying love and gratitude from our dearest vendor. That was the last thing we ever bought from China. |
| Posted by: Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-04-01 18:48 |
| #2 Obama gave China some crazy discount shipping rates. Bought a jacket once, it had zippers but no pockets. Bought a shirt once, it had buttons, but the buttons were sewn on with no button holes. Bought some other stuff that was bait and switch, were they used the designers pictures but sent a poor knock-off instead. That's what really made me rage b/c the whole operation was to rip you off knowing that it would cost you triple the cost to send it back. And if you complained, Amazon would protect China by staying out of it, telling me to take it up with the vendor. 2000's Amazon had my back no matter what. 2010+ Amazon has China's back, no matter what. I use Amazon as little as possible anymore. Cheap China Garbage. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-04-01 12:50 |
| #1 This is also where you get the goods that are sold by a supposed US vendor, actually come from China, and when you try to return it, return shipping is more than the item is worth. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-04-01 11:43 |