Written by I did not realize that the Border patrol has expanded from checking ferries going to San Juan Islands, to now checking state residents at random on Highway 101.
If they find someone with drugs in a random checkpoint search, I don’t know how they expect the case to hold up under the Fourth Amendment. Since random police searches goes against our most cherished beliefs, I think these agents should instead be stationed at the port of Seattle– perhaps looking for dirty bombs in shipping containers. That is much scarier to me, their findings will be worth something (not tossed by a judge), and the agents won’t be inconveniencing and bothering state residents who are going about their business.
Here is a quote from the story:
“They say the reason for the checkpoints is to root out terrorist activity, drug runners and other illegal activity. So far there have been 16 arrests due to the roadblocks, and 14 have been immigration related.”
I notice they just talk about arrests, not convictions…because there won’t be any convictions unless those arrested don’t know their rights.
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Department of Homeland Security checkpoints along the Washington/Canadian border may be inconvenient and unconstitutional, but they help protect us from the dangerous Canadians…with their funny words, their beer, and their jelly donuts
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