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AZLD4Candidate

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5. I live 60 miles from the border and teach on a Native Nation with almost a hundred miles of border
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 02:28 PM
Apr 2021

Haven't seen any of this at Nogales, Lukeville, Sasabe, or San Luis.

Normally, American citizens get pulled into secondary (I have four times) for refusing to answer questions like "where do you live" and "where are you going?" and "what did you do in Mexico."

At the border, I will only answer two questions: My citizenship which my passport proves, and if I am bringing anything back.

When they ask what I did, I say "stuff."
When they where I live, I point and say "that way."
When they ask again, I say "in a cardboard box under the 22nd street bridge."
When they ask where I am going, I simply say "home."
When they ask where home is, I point again and say "that way."

There is no oversight with CBP at the border. They can do whatever they want to whomever they want and will ban cameras because they don't want their abuses documented.

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