Oh, it's worse than that. It's not just at airports and what-a-reasonable-person-would-call-a-border.
"According to the government, (the 'border') is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the 'external boundary' of the United States. As a result of this claimed authority, individuals who are far away from the border, American citizens traveling from one place in America to another, are being stopped and harassed in ways that our Constitution does not permit. Border Patrol has been setting up checkpoints inland — on highways in states such as California, Texas and Arizona, and at ferry terminals in Washington State. Typically, the agents ask drivers and passengers about their citizenship." -- http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone
The ACLU also provides a nifty map of the "Constitution-Free Zone." It includes nearly 2/3 of the population of the U.S., including all of Massachusetts.
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Re: Security Theatre
Date: 2011-10-03 11:03 pm (UTC)"According to the government, (the 'border') is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the 'external boundary' of the United States. As a result of this claimed authority, individuals who are far away from the border, American citizens traveling from one place in America to another, are being stopped and harassed in ways that our Constitution does not permit. Border Patrol has been setting up checkpoints inland — on highways in states such as California, Texas and Arizona, and at ferry terminals in Washington State. Typically, the agents ask drivers and passengers about their citizenship." -- http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone
The ACLU also provides a nifty map of the "Constitution-Free Zone." It includes nearly 2/3 of the population of the U.S., including all of Massachusetts.