Originally Posted by
ralfp
This means that every internal Border Patrol checkpoint I have seen is in violation of these requirements. A checkpoint inside NY ~50 miles from the border on an interstate (87) with several entrances & exits before it is not, by any reasonable interpretation, at the "earliest practicable point after the border crossing." There is no way that the Border Patrol can have reasonable certainty that a person driving on that road recently crossed a border (unless they have Canadian plates on their car.)
Exactly my point -- a perfect example of the slippery slope syndrome. Do a search and you'll see how many people who never crossed the border got busted for drugs or something during a search that was clearly illegal. The CBP bosses were as serious as a heart attack when they said they had the authority to do this to anyone in the Metro Detroit area as well.
Shame on us -- they do it because we let them. I'm no fan of drugs, but, for heaven's sake, cops, do real police work!