PRESS RELEASE BY TEAM HUIZENGA:
| Huizenga: More Sanctions & More Border Security Needed to Stop Fentanyl From Poisoning Communities in Southwest Michigan. Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), released the following statement after the Department of Treasury announced sanctions on Friday against two entities in China and five individuals, based in China and Guatemala, for supplying precursor chemicals to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for the production of illicit fentanyl intended for U.S. markets.“ Preventing this poison from entering our communities requires Republicans and Democrats working together to both secure our border and stop this deadly drug at its source,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “I encourage the Biden Administration to levy further sanctions on Chinese companies supporting the deadly drug trade in Mexico. Here at home, Congress must lead the effort to secure our southern border by ensuring those tasked with restoring border integrity have the resources, technology, and personnel necessary to stop fentanyl from entering the United States and reaching Southwest Michigan.” April 13, 2023, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety notified the community that more than a dozen overdoses and five deaths occurred in the span of 24 hours in the city. March 9, 2023, 4 kilo fentanyl bust in Van Buren County linked to Sinaloa cartel says Michigan State Police. The sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will result in the following: all property and interests in property of the designated individuals and entities that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons must be blocked and reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within the United States (including transactions transiting the United States) that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. |