Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... - ThreadSky

carlbergstrom.com • 3 days ago

Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone#how-does-this-work-in-real-life-cbp-on-buses-and-trains

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wndlb.bsky.social•3 days ago

And there is a right to remain silent, although they will then most likely take you into custody.

jessthewanderer.bsky.social•3 days ago

📌

dnf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also, I believe the definition of “border” includes all ports of entry, so any international airport.

Colorado has “border”

https://www.cbp.gov/about/contact/ports/CO

fontgoddess.bsky.social•2 days ago

This only applies at the airport.

https://www.novo-legal.com/en/blog/are-there-immigration-checkpoints-in-colorado

dnf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks, confirmed this w/ ACLU

onemorecatlady.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the ACLU page.

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

everydayhuman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks 🙏 Will share around!

elayne1948.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pathetic.

cherryhlynn.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s an odious sign of things to come unless they are stopped and the head of the top snake cut off!

davidcbowen.bsky.social•3 days ago

This flexibility gives rise to some of my most dystopian visions for the next four (?) years. ICE, for example, effectively shutting off traffic into and out of New York or Baltimore or San Francisco in the guise of border enforcement.

ba55fr33k.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yup.. been warning about this for decades.. ever since the DHS was formed right

We called it the "Constitution-Free Zone" .. tho now it seems the whole country is