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There's ones on either end of El Paso that always seem weird to me. They're clearly inside US territory on the highway and they're performing analysis on occupa
by kodah 3y ago
There's ones on either end of El Paso that always seem weird to me. They're clearly inside US territory on the highway and they're performing analysis on occupants of the vehicle as well as registration and citizenship. I've never heard of one 100 miles inland, not to say it doesn't exist but a maps link might be helpful. For example: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1L872WkbWL11Zob-E9Oyk_Zen1Ws&hl=en_US&ll=26.052657973052238%2C-104.7452548306925&z=4 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1L872WkbWL11Zob-E9O...
- orangepurple 3y agoCBP has carte blanche to operate within 100 miles of the US border. That includes international airports! Think about it...
- emodendroket 3y agohttps://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone > The federal government defines a “reasonable distance” as 100 air miles from any external boundary of the U.S. So, combining this federal regulation and the federal law regarding warrantless vehicle searches, CBP claims authority to board a bus or train without a warrant anywhere within this 100-mile zone. Two-thirds of the U.S. population, or about 200 million people, reside within this expanded border region, according to the 2010 census. Most of the 10 largest cities in the U.S., such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, fall in this region. Some states, like Florida, lie entirely within this border band so their entire populations are impacted.
- kodah 3y agoAh, I didn't realize they can warrantless search 100 miles inland. That's pretty wild. I was thinking they were confined to their little checkpoints.
- jakear 3y agoAh, I was thinking the land borders, which LA and NY are most certainly not 100 miles from. Didn’t realize they were including coastline too. But there aren’t any CBP officers or offices I’ve ever seen outside of the 100 mile land border range, so that’s something.
- yencabulator 3y ago> most certainly Southern end of City of Los Angeles is about 105 air miles from the land border.
- jakear 3y ago105 is most certainly greater than 100 is it not? And I think you mean LA County, The city is around 120 miles. Regarding the county, Long Beach isn’t really LA - nobody from Long Beach would say they’re from LA.
- yencabulator 3y agoI'm saying I can't be sure if me measuring distances in Google Maps is accurate to within 5%. City of Los Angeles includes the port area near Long Beach, and the 110 freeway corridor leading there. Yes, it's a really weird shape. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.0201613,-118.6919205,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c75ddc27da13:0xe22fdf6f254608f4!8m2!3d34.0522342!4d-118.2436849!16s%2Fm%2F030qb3t?hl=en&entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.020161...
- jakear 3y agoThis website is neat https://www.calcmaps.com/map-radius/ https://www.calcmaps.com/map-radius/ Didn't realize City of LA wanted to own the port so much, interesting.