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The job description of the CBP has expanded way beyond protection the border and customs. For instance, they were deployed to Portland and have been featured p
by notch898a 4y ago
The job description of the CBP has expanded way beyond protection the border and customs. For instance, they were deployed to Portland and have been featured patrolling interior cities under the auspices of catching domestic drug trade. They have become also a domestic police force at the convenience of the executive branch.
- kridsdale1 4y agoThe justification for that is they have jurisdiction everywhere within 200mi or so of a land OR SEA border. Portland may not feel close to the sea, but it is.
- notch898a 4y agoThe authority they claimed for their deployment was 40 U.S. Code § 1315, protection of "federal property and persons", not anything customs and border related. The law providing the authorization was part of one of the many knee-jerk post 9/11 bills.