The Feds are justifying Border Patrol in Chicago (required to operate within 100 mi. of a border) by saying the shore of

[Sogo]

Lake Michigan is the border with Canada. News Flash: Lake Michigan does not border or touch Canada at all....

MAGA: Morons Are Governing America

[B.See]

1. For them, any bald-faced LIE will do.

[Mad_Machine76]

2. Why?

Are Canadians desperately trying to get here?

[Moostache]

8. Hell no...

They should be worried about the massive crime wave of people stealing boats and FLEEING TO CANADA!!!!

[Mad_Machine76]

15. I forgot to put this:

[boonecreek]

3. Geography not their strong point.

Probably claim that the Straits of Mackinac lead to Lake Huron which
does touch Canada, but that's a hell of a lot longer than 100 miles.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

4. The Great Lakes around Michigan are treated as a single body of water

As far as the enforcement zone is concerned. This isn't new. The justification has always been that a boat can travel from Canada to anywhere on the shores of Lake Michigan without stopping at any controlled access point.

[0rganism]

5. Weak sauce, really -- they should have claimed airports as border, thus justifying invasion of any major city at will

"What, your city has an international airport? Ah, that's border right there. Your whole metro area belongs to us now!"
Then deploy as desired anyway while it goes through the courts. As has been SOP for these fascist assholes previously. How did they miss such a golden opportunity for criming? Seriously, is Stephen Miller really that distracted? He's off his 4'10" game.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

11. Don't give them any ideas! LOL!

[0rganism]

16. So weird that they'd miss it

Perhaps, after all, their competence does not measure up to their appetite for destruction. Or maybe they're just saving this move for later.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. The CBP's 100-mile zone starts at the boundary of the lakes. I'm almost positive there was a court case about this but

I'd have to dig a bit.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Da fuck are ya talkin'? I saw this gub'mint guy on Fox and he had a map of the Great Lakes region and he had

a black magic marker and he drew the border of the United States and .... Sorry. The guy was Donald Trump.

[Botany]

9. Portland, Oregon is more than a 100 miles from the border too.

Immigration of illegals is just an excuse for our Fascist Dictator to call the military and
give ICE billions.

[Celerity]

14. no, the entire US coastline is considered a border, so Portalnd is within the 100 mile zone.

From the ACLU:

[flashman13]

10. Next thing you know Trump will want to rename it The Great Trump Lake.

[eggplant]

12. Per the ACLU

A federal law says that, without a warrant, CBP can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” These “external boundaries” include international land borders but also the entire U.S. coastline.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

[Celerity]

13. The Great Lakes are counted as one body of water.

The ACLU: Know Your Rights in the 100 Mile Border Zone

https://www.aclu-nm.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-100-mile-border-zone

[Jack Valentino]

17. Most of the Magats probably believe that Lake Michigan borders with Canada...

Geographers, they are NOT...