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Checked by PolitiFact9 Nov 2023United States Immigration

Vivek Ramaswamy, GOP Candidate

“There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans.”

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PolitiFact says: To kill 3 million people would require around 13 pounds of fentanyl. At the northern border, officials seized 14 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2022 and 2 pounds in fiscal year 2023, which ended in September.