Read carefully – most of us fall within the 100 mile border zone:

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The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 33 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the southern border of the United States. Also, there are a number of Border Patrol checkpoints in the northern border states (New York or Maine), within 100 miles from the Canadian border. Close to 200 million Americans live within the 100-mile interior checkpoint zone.

Things are about to get much worse, expect to see more checkpoints across the U.S. after the recent Rynearson v. The U.S. ruling.

Below are two excerpts taken from page 5 of the Appeals Court ruling…

“Border patrol agents at interior checkpoints may stop a vehicle, refer it to a secondary inspection area, request production of documents from the vehicle’s occupants, and question the occupants about their citizenship. The purpose of the stop is limited to ascertaining the occupants’ citizenship status.”

“The permissible duration of an immigrant checkpoint stop is therefore the time reasonably necessary to determine the citizenship status of the persons stopped.”

Court allows police to stop and question anyone without suspicion of any wrongdoing.

“In contrast, the Supreme Court has granted agents at immigration checkpoints the right to stop and question a vehicle’s occupants regarding their citizenship without reasonable suspicion of any wrongdoing. That grant of authority is readily distinguishable from the authority granted by Terry.”

The Supreme Court has concluded that “all that is required of the vehicle’s occupants is a response to a brief question or two and possibly the production of a document evidencing a right to be in the United States.”

New Hampshire Senate Bill 382 will let DHS/CBP arrest motorists.

For purposes of this section, “a certified federal law enforcement officer” means a federal law enforcement officer who:

“Is employed as a law enforcement officer of the federal government as a specialagent or border patrol agent of the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.”

Fyi, many northern states already allow DHS/CBP to arrest motorists…

“Other states that share a border with Canada already have legislation in place that is similar to SB382, Senator Jeff Woodburn said.”

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