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This is tangential, and I'm sure you didn't mean to, but you've come close to implying that a CBP agent can stop, search, and detain anyone within 100 miles of

This is tangential, and I'm sure you didn't mean to, but you've come close to implying that a CBP agent can stop, search, and detain anyone within 100 miles of an International airport. That's not the case, it would have to be someone who actually crossed the border in to the USA. That said, and I can' believe I have to make this disclaimer as it feels about as obvious as saying I'm against torturing kittens, but I am against the overreaching searches the EFF and ACLU are suing over here.

tbrownaw 9y ago
it would have to be someone who actually crossed the border ... And if they want to detain you, who gets to decide whether that happened?
- lovich 9y ago
  It's fine they just have to check your papers real quick. Also, never question if they can do that unless you want to be arrested for resisting arrest
halostatue 9y ago
Except that, in practice, that’s precisely what CBP interior checkpoints are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol_interior_checkpoints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol_in... The DHS/CBP regulations claim 100 miles from a border and/or international airport, but the Supreme Court has (so far) held that warrantless searches in this case apply only at borders and their functional equivalents. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception)
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
> CBP agent can stop, search, and detain anyone within 100 miles of an International airport. This assumes a sequence of events that never occurs in reality. CBP / LEO attempts to detain you > The Law pops it's head out from behind a bush and wags it's finger > CBP / LEO sees this and thinks 'oh, of course, silly me, that's not allowed' > you go about your day. In reality: CBP / LEO believes* they have sufficient reason to detain you > your day is fucked. They'll probably rough handle you, stomp on your head, and generally be degenerate asshats. There's no one present to advocate for and protect your rights.

tbrownaw 9y ago

it would have to be someone who actually crossed the border ... And if they want to detain you, who gets to decide whether that happened?

lovich 9y ago
It's fine they just have to check your papers real quick. Also, never question if they can do that unless you want to be arrested for resisting arrest

halostatue 9y ago

Except that, in practice, that’s precisely what CBP interior checkpoints are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol_interior_checkpoints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol_in... The DHS/CBP regulations claim 100 miles from a border and/or international airport, but the Supreme Court has (so far) held that warrantless searches in this case apply only at borders and their functional equivalents. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception)

TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago

> CBP agent can stop, search, and detain anyone within 100 miles of an International airport. This assumes a sequence of events that never occurs in reality. CBP / LEO attempts to detain you > The Law pops it's head out from behind a bush and wags it's finger > CBP / LEO sees this and thinks 'oh, of course, silly me, that's not allowed' > you go about your day. In reality: CBP / LEO believes* they have sufficient reason to detain you > your day is fucked. They'll probably rough handle you, stomp on your head, and generally be degenerate asshats. There's no one present to advocate for and protect your rights.