Earlier by Steve Sailer: DEATHS OF DESPAIR: Case & Deaton's Book on the White Death

Overdose deaths have been increasing for years, and most casualties are white. The mortality rates of some white groups are now rising, and narcotics are one of the main causes.

These drugs kill far more white Americans than illegal immigrants do, so when Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) busts traffickers before they enter into the US, they are doing double duty.

69 pounds of meth seized by CBP.

Here are this month’s highlights:

• September 1, “El Centro” Sector, California: 10.6 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $23,850, seized.
• September 1, Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, Texas: 4.85 pounds of meth with an estimated value of $97,002, seized.
• September 1, Rio Grande City, Texas: 30.73 pounds of cocaine seized.
• September 2, Puerto Rico: 174.07 pounds of cocaine seized. Three illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic arrested.
• September 2, Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, Texas: 10.62 pounds meth, with an estimated value of $212,523, seized.
• September 3, Starr-Camargo International Bridge, Texas: 4.76 pounds of cocaine and 2.73 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $324,000, seized.
• September 3, Puerto Rico: 581 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $6.5 million, seized.
• September 4, Starr-Camargo International Bridge, Texas: 83.37 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $642,940, seized.
• September 5, Hidalgo International Bridge, Texas: 69 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $1,378,000, seized.
• September 5, “El Centro” Sector, California: 34.85 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $78412.50, seized.
• September 5, Yuma Sector, Arizona: 47 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of over $157,000, seized. Mexican arrested.
• September 7, Port of Nogales, Arizona: 89 pounds of fentanyl pills, 33 pounds of heroin and 0.5 pound of cocaine, with an estimated value of over $1.4 million, seized. Mexican arrested.
• September 8, Puerto Rico: 135 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $1.5 million, seized.
• September 8, Andrade, California: 88 pounds of meth and six pounds of fentanyl, with an estimated value of $304,000, seized.
• September 11, “El Centro” Sector, California: 9.6 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $21,600, seized.
• September 11, Salton Sea, California: 29 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $65,250, seized. One “DREAMer” arrested.
• September 11, World Trade Bridge, Texas: 92.99 pounds of meth, with an estimated street value of $1,859,800, seized.
• September 12, Pharr International Bridge, Texas: 326 pounds of meth and 2.41 pounds of heroin, with an estimated value of $6,622,000, seized.
• September 12, “El Centro” Sector, California: 30.80 pounds of meth, with an estimated street value of $69,302, seized.
• September 13, “El Centro” Sector, California: 14.77 pounds of heroin, with an estimated value of $187,600, seized.
• September 13, Tecate, California: 89.25 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $223,125, seized. Three Mexicans arrested.
• September 14, Tecate, California: 337 pounds of meth and 223 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of almost $3.9 million, seized.
• September 15, Puerto Rico: 3,941 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $44.7 million, seized.
• September 15, Cincinnati, Ohio: 29 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $952,200, seized.
• September 16, Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge, Texas: 29 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of $583,778, seized.
• September 16, Pharr, Texas: 85.63 pounds of meth and 16.22 pounds of heroin, with an estimated combined value of $2,361,500, seized.
• September 16, Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, Texas: 78.66 pounds of meth and 19.57 pounds of black tar heroin, with an estimated combined value of $2,106,002, seized.
• September 17, Amado, Arizona: 17 pounds of fentanyl, with an estimated value of $188,000, seized.
• September 18, Puerto Rico: 193 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $2.3 million, seized.
• September 18, Yuma, Arizona: Nearly 31 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of over $77,000 dollars, seized.

These busts save lives.

CBP has also started using drones, which they call “unmanned aircraft systems” (UAS) to help police our southern border. Customs and Border Patrol first used drones in 2016 for airport security, but now uses them in the desert to find illegal border crossers. A recent press release notes their effectiveness:

In five separate events, UAS crews assisted agents in the field, resulting in 26 arrests. Eight illegal aliens were located and arrested near Comstock, 10 near Del Rio, seven near Eagle Pass, and four near Carrizo Springs.

AMO’s UAS crews use cutting-edge systems technology, and real-time networked data dissemination and exploitation to detect, identify, monitor, and coordinate a response with law enforcement partners to threats at the nation’s border and on approach to the United States. This real-time view allows agents to effectively patrol vast amounts of land that may be otherwise inaccessible to agents.

The stronger the border, the safer the nation.

[Crossposted from Amren.com]