1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

2. List the amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine the CBP seized on Saturday.

3. How did the agents discover the illegal drugs?

4. What is concerning about the Department of Homeland Security’s trusted-traveler program?

5. a) How much more powerful is fentanyl than morphine?
b) How many Americans died of a fentanyl overdose in 2017?

6. Many news reports stress the fact that the drugs that are seized are coming through legal points of entry, contrary to President Trump’s warning that illegal drugs are coming over the border where there is no border fence.
a) Is it possible that drugs are also coming over the border where there is no port of entry, fence or border patrol agents? Explain your answer.
b) Is the fact that drugs are being seized at ports of entry proof that we don’t need a fence/barrier/wall on a lot of the 1,950 mile border? Explain your answer.
c) What do you think Congress should be doing to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl and other drugs into our country from Mexico? (Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, Republican Mitch McConnell et al)