An Arizona mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning testified Thursday before a U.S. House committee that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ border policies “are partially responsible for my daughter’s death.”
Josephine Dunn testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the second Congressional hearing held to examine the consequences of Mayorkas’ policies.
Dunn's daughter, Ashley, died in 2021 at age 26 after purchasing what she believed was an oxycodone pill that was instead laced with fentanyl.
Since then, Dunn has called on the Arizona legislature to pass a bill to increase penalties for drug dealers selling fentanyl. Last year, HB 2167, the Ashley Dunn Bill, named after her daughter, failed to pass for a second year in a row.