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Fla Dem

(24,017 posts)
1. Wow! Not living within 100 miles of a border, unless you call the Atlantic Ocean a border,
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 10:12 AM
Jul 2019

I didn't know the US Border Patrol actually has checkpoints set up WITHIN the US to stop vehicles to ask people if they are citizens? Police state much?

lapfog_1

(29,258 posts)
4. yes, as a former resident of southern AZ, I can tell you the BP checkpoints are allowed up to 75
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 10:33 AM
Jul 2019

miles inside the Border.

Every time I went to the larger town ( Sierra Vista) I would be stopped at the checkpoint and asked if I was a US citizen.

Fla Dem

(24,017 posts)
6. I'm shocked, seriously I did not know this.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 03:05 PM
Jul 2019

Stopping citizens within the US and asking for proof of citizen ship. I heard it was happening more frequently on buses, but didn't know it was a matter of routine, like going thru a toll booth.

brush

(54,141 posts)
5. Brava for her. She stood her ground against the looming police state.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 11:08 AM
Jul 2019

What about her 4th Amendment rights? Weren't they being violated?

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