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Administration reports CBP seized over 500,000 pounds of drugs

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CBP or Department of Homeland Security seizure reports confirm total drug seizures exceeding 500,000 pounds for the period referenced.

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President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation declaring January 20, 2026, as the National Day of Patriotic Devotion. The proclamation celebrates the administration’s first-year actions — including new border measures (a national emergency, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, resuming wall construction, reinstating Remain in Mexico, and expanded deportations), economic and energy policies, and passage of a legislative package called the "One Big Beautiful Bill." It also cites specific statistics (for example, a 92 percent drop in illegal border crossings and a 70 percent fall in inflation from a prior peak) and directs federal commitment to American interests.
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Unable to access CBP's detailed drug-seizure dataset or an authoritative aggregated total for the 12-month period ending Jan 20, 2026, via the CBP public dashboards and data portal from the available sources; the White House proclamation claims CBP seized “more than half a million pounds of drugs,” but I cannot confirm or refute that precise 12‑month aggregate because the interactive CBP dashboards require dynamic queries and the raw dataset link was not reachable in this environment. Recommend rechecking CBP’s Drug Seizure Statistics dashboard or the CBP Public Data Portal (dataset last updated Jan 6, 2026) directly to compute the sum for the relevant period.

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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 23, 2026overdue
  2. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 22, 2026overdue
  3. Completion due · Jan 22, 2026
  4. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 12:41 PMTech Error
    Unable to access CBP's detailed drug-seizure dataset or an authoritative aggregated total for the 12-month period ending Jan 20, 2026, via the CBP public dashboards and data portal from the available sources; the White House proclamation claims CBP seized “more than half a million pounds of drugs,” but I cannot confirm or refute that precise 12‑month aggregate because the interactive CBP dashboards require dynamic queries and the raw dataset link was not reachable in this environment. Recommend rechecking CBP’s Drug Seizure Statistics dashboard or the CBP Public Data Portal (dataset last updated Jan 6, 2026) directly to compute the sum for the relevant period.
  5. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 11:04 AMTech Error
    CBP's Drug Seizure Statistics page lists a dataset file (Nationwide Drug Seizures Dataset FY23 - FY25 (FYTD) - December CSV) updated 01/06/2026 which appears to contain the data needed to verify the claim, but the CSV file could not be retrieved due to inability to access the specific dataset URL from the available site content. Retry fetching the CBP dataset or download the December FY23-FY25 (FYTD) CSV to compute totals for the 12-month period referenced.
  6. Original article · Jan 20, 2026
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