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So adding a border between NI and Great Britain is pissing off the people who see it as creating a big separation between the 2 parts of the country known as th

So adding a border between NI and Great Britain is pissing off the people who see it as creating a big separation between the 2 parts of the country known as the UK. Okay, that helped. The goods in question were shipped from the island of Great Britain to ports in Northern Ireland. But what also confused me was from the article itself, which said "Mid and East Antrim borough council agreed on Monday night to remove 12 of its staff". The word borough implies to me some sort of local government, like a city. So why is a borough council responsible for border checks? In the USA if something arrives into, e.g. the Port of New York and New Jersey, it is the US Federal government that is responsible for checks, not some local government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_New_Jersey#Jurisdiction_and_regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_New_Jersey#Jurisdictio... The port is a port of entry. The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regulate international imports and passenger arrivals.

Symbiote 6y ago
A borough council is an urban or suburban local government district. They usually have responsibility for enforcing the standards of goods sold in local shops (not toxic, scale calibrated correctly etc) so I'm not surprised if they have something to do with the process. Also, the good are moving internally. Do federal staff inspect American ships coming into Hawaii or American Samoa?
- PhantomGremlin 6y ago
  Do federal staff inspect American ships coming into Hawaii or American Samoa? Interesting question. I don't know. In general, US states and territories only have very limited jurisdiction over interstate commerce, which is primarily a Federal responsibility. For example the state of California inspects vehicle traffic crossing their border for the presence of pests. But California's power over interstate commerce is quite limited. The US Supreme Court ruled that they could only regulate interstate commerce in order to serve "a legitimate local purpose that could not adequately be served by available nondiscriminatory alternatives" that would otherwise comply with the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Border_Protection_Stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Border_Protection_S...

Symbiote 6y ago

A borough council is an urban or suburban local government district. They usually have responsibility for enforcing the standards of goods sold in local shops (not toxic, scale calibrated correctly etc) so I'm not surprised if they have something to do with the process. Also, the good are moving internally. Do federal staff inspect American ships coming into Hawaii or American Samoa?

PhantomGremlin 6y ago
Do federal staff inspect American ships coming into Hawaii or American Samoa? Interesting question. I don't know. In general, US states and territories only have very limited jurisdiction over interstate commerce, which is primarily a Federal responsibility. For example the state of California inspects vehicle traffic crossing their border for the presence of pests. But California's power over interstate commerce is quite limited. The US Supreme Court ruled that they could only regulate interstate commerce in order to serve "a legitimate local purpose that could not adequately be served by available nondiscriminatory alternatives" that would otherwise comply with the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Border_Protection_Stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Border_Protection_S...