A grieving father whose daughter died from a fentanyl overdose urged Donald Trump to "stop drugs from flowing over the border." Phil Hamilton's daughter Tessla, 29, died of a fentanyl overdose two years ago. Phil, 54, a forklift operator from Carrollton, Kentucky, voted for Trump and urged the president-elect to get tough on border control and drug dealing .
Tessla, 29, struggled with addiction for years - a battle from which even rehab couldn't save her. Phil once made the harrowing decision to call the cops on Tessla in hopes of saving her, but it ended in tragedy. Boy, 14, last seen in haunting kidnap video from Mexican cartel found dead with 11 family members What is pink cocaine? All about the lethal class-A drug 'found in Liam Payne's body' He firmly believes Trump's stance on border control could prevent other families from suffering similar anguish.
"There are just too many drugs coming over the border," he said. He argues tighter borders would minimize the influx: "If they had the border closed, all this stuff wouldn’t be coming in. I’m sure it’d be around anyway, but not as much.
" Phil said Trump's policies will "keep all those drugs from coming over so other parents don’t have to go through what I went through." Tessla left behind three young children, now cared for by her ex-husband. Remembering Tessla, Phil said: "She was a wonderful person.
She loved to sing. I played guitar myself, and she used to sing with me. Just a great person — until the drugs go.