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Illegal Immigration Is Down, but Fentanyl Seizures Are Up

CBP may have stopped more fentanyl and other drugs at the border - but plenty more is making it through.

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As of May 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened CBP may have stopped more fentanyl and other drugs at the border - but plenty more is making it through.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftImmigration is down, so why does no one care?

New Statesman · Left · News report

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Right / center-rightIllegal Immigration Is Down, but Fentanyl Seizures Are Up

Liberty Nation · Right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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Liberty NationNews report · May 23, 5:00 PM

Illegal Immigration Is Down, but Fentanyl Seizures Are Up

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CBP may have stopped more fentanyl and other drugs at the border - but plenty more is making it through.

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New StatesmanNews report · May 23, 5:27 AM

Immigration is down, so why does no one care?

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No government can succeed in a policy area where perception is so dramatically out of step with reality

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Score hidden until the match is cleanerNeeds review confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsNeeds review · outlier detectedFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

May 23, 5:27 AM: New Statesman joined the source map.

May 23, 5:00 PM: Liberty Nation joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is needs review · outlier detected.