The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We base our editorials and endorsements on reporting, interviews and rigorous debate, and strive for accuracy, fairness and civility in our section. What do you think? Let us know. The Oct. 11 death of a 29-year-old Guinean woman who suffered a medical emergency in an open-air camp located between the two border fences in San Ysidro was a tragedy predicted by activists.
On Thursday, Troy Miller, the agency’s acting commissioner, indirectly made the case for this argument during a visit to the San Ysidro Port of Entry in which he touted a new government-wide strategy against the deadly national fentanyl epidemic. A long list of federal agencies are now working together to reduce fentanyl supplies by going after chemicals, machinery and other materials used to make it and other synthetic drugs smuggled into the U.S.