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As a Michigander in Grand Rapids... You're not up to date. ICE considers the beach of any international waterway (according to them, all of the Great Lakes incl
by LeifCarrotson 2y ago
As a Michigander in Grand Rapids... You're not up to date. ICE considers the beach of any international waterway (according to them, all of the Great Lakes including Lake Michigan, ACLU disagrees) a "border crossing", so the entire state is in warrantless border zone.
https://www.aclumich.org/en/cases/all-michigan-warrantless-border-zone https://www.aclumich.org/en/cases/all-michigan-warrantless-b...
https://www.aclumich.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/is_all_of_michigan_a_warrantless_border_zone_-_michigan_immigrant_rights_center_v_dept_of_homeland_security_-_100-mile_zone_report.pdf https://www.aclumich.org/sites/default/files/field_documents...
They've made I-213 arrests as far inland as Grand Rapids and even Mount Pleasant, which is about as far from the lakes as you can get.
Records do show that only 1.5% of cases involve people with "Light" skin tone, so if you're white you're unlikely to be affected directly by this. It's not about Canada.