2/11/10 | 58 comments
Checkpoint on I-95 targets illegal aliens

By Dawn Gagnon


PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTIONA U.S. Border Patrol agent and his tracking dog staff a checkpoint Wednesday on Interstate 95 near Sherman.

BANGOR, Maine — A U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 95 that began Tuesday and resumed Wednesday was part of the federal agency’s overall mission to stop terrorists and their weapons from entering the country.

In this case, however, the particular focus was on ferreting out any illegal aliens who might have entered the United States unlawfully through its northern border, Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Alfredo Casillas of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Houlton Sector said Wednesday afternoon.

“This is just one of what I call the tools in our toolbox,â€