100-Mile Border Enforcement Zone - Southern Border Communities Coalition
www.southernborder.org
Someone at my work sent me a link after showing me some tweets of people talking about this. I never heard of such a thing.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which includes the Border Patrol, is the largest law enforcement agency in the country. Their jurisdiction they claim spans 100 miles into the interior of the United States from any land or maritime border. Two-thirds of the U.S. population lives within this 100-mile border enforcement zone, including cities like Washington D.C., San Francisco CA, Chicago IL, New Orleans LA, Boston MA, & more.
Because these are considered border cities, federal border and immigration agents assert the power to board public transportation or set up interior checkpoints and stop, interrogate and search children on their way to school, parents on their way to work, and families going to doctor’s appointments or the grocery store — all done without a warrant or reasonable suspicion.
There were stories about this written over the last 5 or so years and people suddenly started taking notice. They are said to have used this power against minorities (including black families) for decades now. Some have said it is a "no human rights zone" which is pretty scary. Does anyone know more about this? maybe someone in the military or with military experience can explain this better. Is this something we need to worry about?