(Montana) Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general Monday in urging the Trump Administration to close a loophole used by adversaries and drug traffickers to flood deadly fentanyl into the United States.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Pete Flores, the attorneys general call for greater scrutiny of an CBP import pilot program called Entry Type 86, which allows small packages to enter the U.S. with minimal customs screening.
Knudsen and the coalition argue that without diligent inspections, drug cartels and traffickers can abuse the program to bring fentanyl and other deadly drugs, like methamphetamine and cocaine, into the United States.
