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Homeland Security

Democratic Senators Want More Tech Funding To Detect Drugs At Border

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 25th, 2022

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Democratic Senators Want More Tech Funding To Detect Drugs At Border

U.S. Customs and Border protection uses imaging equipment such as Rapiscan's Z Portal for inspecting trucks for contraband. Photo: OSI Systems

As Congress works to complete appropriations to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2022, a small group of Democratic senators is urging their leadership and appropriations chairs to increase funding for technology used to detect illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, at border checkpoints. “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is tasked with targeting and detecting illegal drugs crossing U.S. borders, including synthetic opioids and their precursors,” Sens. Gary Peters (Mich.), Tom Carper (Del.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Jacky…

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