As President Trump took office yesterday and began taking action to secure our borders, an incident happened in Vermont, 12 miles from the Canadian border that demonstrates that our northern border with Canada is also of serious concern. A Customs and Border Patrol officer was shot and killed while making a traffic stop.
The CBP Officer who was killed is 44-year-old David Maland. The incident reported took place 12 miles from the border during a traffic stop. It is reported that migrants were involved, but their identities have not been released, only that one was also killed and another wounded and taken into custody.
Last September, my wife and I were vacationing in northern Vermont, and one afternoon, we drove to the border at the town of Derby and walked across the border into Stanstead, Quebec. When we walked back, we spoke casually to an officer at the border. I told him I had once worked with US Customs (and DEA), and we chatted for several minutes. He pointed to a building that was sitting astride the border and told me that it was a staging area for migrants. He specifically told me that the migrants were mostly North Africans from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia and that they tended to come in groups according to their nationality. In other words, for a few days, they would be Moroccans, then Tunisians for a few days, and then Algerians (in no particular order). After crossing, they would be picked up by people who were assumed to be their co-nationals. For all I know, it could have been the agent I spoke to who was killed.
It's not just Mexico. Canada is also a problem, largely due to its own lax immigration policies under Justin Trudeau. Our northern border must also be secured. Clearly, the agency will need a big increase in manpower and resources.
May Officer Maland rest in peace.
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