Originally Posted by
Randyk47
?????? Lived there 16 years and I have no idea what you are talking about. Never saw, stopped at, or was questioned at any checkpoint.
Originally Posted by
catocony
He's being snarky. The Border Patrol sets up stops on highways in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas that are 20-50 miles from the border. Some on Flyertalk say that since they're "legal" there, then they would be legal in any area with 100 miles of any border - including the Atlantic and Pacific.
Actually, there was considerable discussion about this a while back.
There was an interview with the NYPD police chief (Guy who came after Kelly) and the Port Of NY Border Patrol chief. The reporter asked them if they would set up suspicionless internal border checkpoints in NYC, since it was within the 100-mile border corridor. They didn't say "No." They said that it wouldn't be practical.