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Related: About this forumU.S. Border Patrol Checks on Buses Increasing Across Maine
Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
US immigration enforcement may be getting more aggressive near Canada as well as near Mexico. The Border Patrol is doing daily citizenship checks on people boarding buses in Maine:http://mainepublic.org/post/us-border-patrol-checks-buses-increasing-across-maine#stream/0
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https://twitter.com/ACLUMaine
We dont want to live in a society where the government is always demanding that we show our papers."
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#CBP is questioning bus passengers in Bangor about their citizenship. We want to know more. https://www.aclumaine.org/en/press-releases/aclu-maine-seeks-records-cbp-questioning-bus-passengers @CustomsBorder
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U.S. Border Patrol Checks on Buses Increasing Across Maine
By Patty Wight & Fred Bever Jan 25, 2018
The U.S. Border Patrol is running daily citizenship checks on buses traveling from Fort Kent toward the state's interior and making periodic checks on buses originating in Bangor. Civil rights advocates say these checks may be in violation of protections outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
Daniel Heibert, chief patrol agent for the Houlton sector, says the agency has the authority to make such checks anywhere within 100 miles of the border, a standard which encompasses the entire state of Maine. ... "Our purpose for boarding any conveyances, a bus specifically in this case, would be to question anybody anybody about their right to be or remain in the United States, whether they are an alien or not, says Heibert. That's kind of the gist of it. We would have to have a reasonable suspicion to think that somebody isn't a citizen to continue questioning."
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Zach Heiden of The ACLU of Maine is questioning the checks. ... "We don't want to live in a 'show-me-your-papers' kind of society," says Heiden .
Heiden says these checks may violate civil rights to freedom of movement or against unreasonable search and seizure. ... "The Bill of Rights and the Constitution protect us everywhere in this country, Heiden says, but sometimes customs and the border patrol like to pretend that there's a constitution-free zone anywhere within a hundred miles of the border."
By Patty Wight & Fred Bever Jan 25, 2018
The U.S. Border Patrol is running daily citizenship checks on buses traveling from Fort Kent toward the state's interior and making periodic checks on buses originating in Bangor. Civil rights advocates say these checks may be in violation of protections outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
Daniel Heibert, chief patrol agent for the Houlton sector, says the agency has the authority to make such checks anywhere within 100 miles of the border, a standard which encompasses the entire state of Maine. ... "Our purpose for boarding any conveyances, a bus specifically in this case, would be to question anybody anybody about their right to be or remain in the United States, whether they are an alien or not, says Heibert. That's kind of the gist of it. We would have to have a reasonable suspicion to think that somebody isn't a citizen to continue questioning."
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Zach Heiden of The ACLU of Maine is questioning the checks. ... "We don't want to live in a 'show-me-your-papers' kind of society," says Heiden .
Heiden says these checks may violate civil rights to freedom of movement or against unreasonable search and seizure. ... "The Bill of Rights and the Constitution protect us everywhere in this country, Heiden says, but sometimes customs and the border patrol like to pretend that there's a constitution-free zone anywhere within a hundred miles of the border."
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U.S. Border Patrol Checks on Buses Increasing Across Maine (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2018
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BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)1. They did this to a bus in Fort Lauderdale, FL last week.
I replied to a post about it and was told that they are allowed to do it within 50 miles or so of a border. I live in San Diego and when I drive back from the Mexican border in Tecate they ask for your passport at the actual border but when you pass through a checkpoint inside the US they still ask you what you what your nationality is. They don't check anything but they could if they had reason. I don't know what it is like since the moron has become the fake prez since I haven't been down to Mexico lately.