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Originally Posted by baddog
Now border checks are wrong? Just wow.
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Not border checks at the border. No problem with that.
These are checks by border agents well within the United States territory, not at the border.
Edited in: I had not read the rest of the replies. I see that is the point of discussion now. Sorry about that.
The ACLU page that BadDog posted speaks for itself. It claims that the Border patrol does not really obey the law (in their opinion).
The rule about the 100 mile zone is not a law. It is a rule created by the DOJ. It does directly conflict with the fourth amendment (as they note several times).
It is bullshit that an American Citizen, inside the U.S. can be subject to random search and seizure without a warrant. That is exactly what our constitution and laws are supposed to protect against.
I have traveled very close to the border of the U.S. many times. Prior to this last summer, the last time I had driven the southern route was 2005, going to San Diego.
Before this trip I had never encountered a checkpoint by the Border Patrol anywhere except on the border going into Mexico or Canada.
The only checkpoint, inside the U.S. proper, that I had ever encountered was the fruit fly checkpoint coming into California. This last trip, as I said, I encountered 2 border patrol checkpoints, one fairly near to the border somewhere between San Diego and Arizona, but the second was way off the border, although it might have been in the 100 mile zone, North of El Paso, Texas.
2:00am on a very dark night, in the middle of nowhere, dogs and guards with M16s as I said earlier.
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