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Border patrol agent shot and killed near Canada just hours after Trump outlines sweeping crackdown on immigration

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It comes just hours after President Trump returned to the White House following a hardline campaign vowing to deport immigrants who managed to enter the US.

A border patrol agent was shot and killed near the US-Canada border just hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The officer was shot around 3:15 p.m. Monday in Newport, Vermont, while conducting a traffic stop, authorities said.

Police have reportedly identified two suspects, one of whom was shot to death, according to Fox.

The incident prompted the immediate closure of sections of Interstate 91 as authorities launched an investigation.

The FBI is assisting with the investigation and motorists have been warned to find a different route.

It comes just hours after President Trump returned to the White House following a hardline campaign promising to deport immigrants who managed to enter the United States.

On the first day of his presidency, Trump began signing a series of executive orders, 10 of which were related to the southern border and the illegal immigration crisis.

The number of immediate actions underscores the importance of immigration policy to Trump’s second term.

Declare a national emergency on the southern border.

It comes just hours after President Trump returned to the White House following a hardline campaign vowing to deport immigrants who managed to enter the US.

“All illegal entry will be stopped immediately and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens to the places from which they came,” Trump said in his speech on Monday.

Trump is also ending catch and release, a policy that allowed those illegally crossing the border seeking asylum to be detained and then released into the country while they awaited a court date.

He is reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, which makes illegal immigrants wait in the last country they crossed from, which is usually Mexico, while they wait for a court date to file their asylum claims.

The major border city of El Paso, Texas, temporarily closed its border crossings on Monday around Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.

Authorities in riot gear, shields and full armor were photographed standing guard at border crossings.

More to come

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