DHS Says CBP Seized Enough Fentanyl at the Southern Border to Kill Over 100 Million Americans This Fiscal Year Alone

Let that number sink in: more than 100 million Americans.

That is how many people the Department of Homeland Security says could have been killed by the fentanyl that Customs and Border Protection seized at the southern border in fiscal year 2026 alone.

DHS made the announcement late Thursday, crediting President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin with making the border secure and making life harder than ever for cartels, gangs, and other criminals trying to push poison into the country.

PROTECTING THE HOMELAND.@CBP seized enough doses of fentanyl at the southern border to kill more than 100 MILLION Americans in fiscal year 2026 alone.

Under @POTUS Trump and @SecMullinDHS, our border is SECURE and it’s harder than ever for cartels, gangs, and other…

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 16, 2026

One hundred million lethal doses of fentanyl is not an abstraction. It is enough to wipe out roughly a third of the entire United States population.

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