andrew becker, contributing editor at the daily beast.com. andrew, how did you get to this conclusion about the drug arrests at the border? >> well, at the center for investigative reporting where i work we had a team of journalists, another reporter researcher, data analyst, that combed through 80,000 rows of drug seizure data we had received from u.s. customs and border protection and specifically the border patrol. we had submitted a request to have a better understanding of who was actually bringing drugs into the country or who at least was getting caught with those drugs. and the data just really jumped out at us. we found that three out of four people that the border patrol bust with drugs are actually united states citizens. >> three out of four busted are americans. and so these americans who are caught at the border, are they smuggling drugs for personal
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