Perhaps Donald Trump may want to look at drugs coming in closer to the White House. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted 724 pounds of khat in Lanham, Maryland. The shipments came via air last week from Nigeria. The drugs were labeled as green tea. For those who  haven’t heard of khat, it’s a Schedule I drug, classified as having a high potential for abuse (the most restrictive category used by the DEA).  Casey Durst, CBP’s Field Operations Director in Baltimore says:

“Customs and Border Protection is our nation’s first line of defense against transnational criminal organizations that thrive on the sale of illicit products such as khat to fund their other nefarious businesses, We will remain steadfast in our commitment to secure our homeland and to help protect the health and well-being of our families and the American public.”

This bust once again counters this recent remark from Donald Trump:

“A big majority of the big drugs, the big drug loads don’t go through ports of entry.”

As a matter of fact when announcing this large bust the CBD also highlighted this:

CBP routinely conducts inspection operations on arriving and departing international flights and intercepts narcotics, weapons, currency, prohibited agriculture products, counterfeit goods and other illicit items at our nation’s 328 international ports of entry. 

So perhaps putting more resources at all 328 ports of entry might be a better use of money and manpower than one long wall.