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In reply to the discussion: Man OWNING Department of Homeland Security and their idiotic immigration checkpoints. [View all]ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)26. The key is ignorance of The People. Second is some people's ready willingness to
cooperate, thereby waiving their rights. Those two groups are who they prey on.
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Logical
Mar 2013
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My understanding is that DHS owns 100 miles into the country from all borders
Angry Dragon
Mar 2013
#1
Did now know that. But IMO it is still harassment. More power grab from the feds. n-t
Logical
Mar 2013
#2
100 miles from the border which includes the coasts. It's most of the metro areas in the country.
Paul E Ester
Mar 2013
#10
Yes, it includes all points of international entry...so it's around all int'l airports
HereSince1628
Mar 2013
#29
Isn't the dog conducting an illegal search which violates the 4th Amendment? eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2013
#16
Well, I'd like to see that ruling because it's still a search. I'll see if I can find it. Thanks =)
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2013
#21
That's not quite right. The front door sniff is before the Supreme Court right now.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#55
10 years of this have cost us $800 billion dollars. I'm sure glad we've gotten our money's worth. :/
Fire Walk With Me
Mar 2013
#8
Sorry, the border is a Fourth Amendment-free zone. They don't need a reason.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#9
They claim the right to do immigration control up to 75 miles from the border, I think.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#22
The key is ignorance of The People. Second is some people's ready willingness to
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2013
#26
And where is that codified by law? I want to see the law that abolishes the 4th Amendment. eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2013
#17
100 miles FROM the borders = MOST of the U.S. population!! Why HAVE the 4th Amendment?
WinkyDink
Mar 2013
#18
The interior checkpoints aren't the border. There is no legal ground to check IDs or detain people
leveymg
Mar 2013
#20
The interesting thing here is that Secondary Inspection is a request not an order
leveymg
Mar 2013
#27
"checkpoint searches are constitutional only if justified by consent or probable cause to search"
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#51
Yes, but compliance with a "voluntary" search is not mandatory w/out probable cause.
leveymg
Mar 2013
#57
At Sierra Blanca, I think. They ought to call it "The Willie Nelson Memorial Checkpoint."
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#15
Oh, this is funny! Those Customs guys are just gobsmacked that anyone would challenge them.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#14
Feds love controlling us. TSA is a joke. And people still give them credit. n-t
Logical
Mar 2013
#41