"There will continue to be checkpoints. Things are going to be happening,"

Border Patrol maps three sites for highway checkpoints on North Olympic Peninsula

"There will continue to be Checkpoints.", said Joseph Giuliano, deputy chief patrol agent for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Blaine Sector. "Things are going to be happening".

One sunny fall morning my wife was driving to Seattle on Highway 101 from our home in Port Angeles. She ended up in a long line of stopped traffic to find that the Border Patrol had set up a roadblock and was using officers and dogs to search cars. Each car was allowed to slowly roll by the checkpoint. Occasionally officers waved over cars for questions and more involved searches.

Later we learned that Homeland Security and the Border Patrol have quietly boosted their presence on the North Olympic Peninsula. Port Angeles now has 24 agents equipped with boats and aircraft. They are currently looking for a building in Port Angeles or Sequim to house a maximum of 50 agents. They state that their major emphasis is a continued search for terrorists.

The checkpoint operations have resulted in dozens of arrests. "Pretty much all of Washington is within the area where border checks are authorized," said Lisa Seifert, an attorney and member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Meanwhile, an "ICE Team", not affiliated with the Border patrol raided The India Oven, an apparent coven of terrorist activity.

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