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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:02 PM Feb 2020

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses
https://apnews.com/dc560c3581783c746aee1544c8ad1c85

Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks.

The company’s announcement came one week after The Associated Press reported on a leaked Border Patrol memo confirming that agents can’t board private buses without the consent of the bus company. Greyhound had previously insisted that even though it didn’t like the immigration checks, it had no choice under federal law but to allow them.


In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the public — such as company offices or any areas a person needs a ticket to access.

Greyhound said it would provide its drivers and bus station employees updated training regarding the new policy, and that it would place stickers on all its buses clearly stating that it does not consent to the searches.


Well finally some good news to share!!
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Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses (Original Post) Roland99 Feb 2020 OP
EXCELLENT! democratisphere Feb 2020 #1
It certainly has taken them long enough. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #2
Great! This sort of thing is too close to stormtroopers for comfort. Karadeniz Feb 2020 #3
About time. dalton99a Feb 2020 #4
Saw this running along the bottom of a tv screen and I yelled out a kennedy Feb 2020 #5
The dotard just soiled himself again. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #6

a kennedy

(29,615 posts)
5. Saw this running along the bottom of a tv screen and I yelled out
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 11:06 PM
Feb 2020

Bout time........people just looked at me and rolled their eyes. This is great news..... and as someone else said bout damn time.

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