Free Talk Live - Border Patrol

9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border

JessieLee — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:23:21 +0000

In a somewhat surprising 9th Circuit ruling (en banc, or in front of the entire set of judges), the court ruled that the 4th Amendment does apply at the border, that agents do need to recognize there's an expectation of privacy, and cannot do a search without reason.

Don't believe we are living in a police state?

rmyofme — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:14:39 +0000

"We don't need any grounds. We're the United States" Listen in to this experience, at the border, by two Canadian citizens coming to the US to simply go shopping.

Easter reminder: Kinder Eggs banned in the United States

Renniks — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:14:28 +0000

Not all eggs are created equal in the eyes of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Kinder Eggs, a popular European chocolate egg that contains a toy inside, is banned from importation into the United States because it contains a "non-nutritive object embedded in it."

Homeland Security Junks Billion Dollar ‘Virtual Fence’

EternityAblaze — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:51:31 +0000

It only took nearly a year of hiatus and $1 billion in sunk costs, but the Department of Homeland Security has finally gotten rid of the networked suite of sensors that made up its virtual border fence.

The virtual fence “cannot meet its original objective of providing a single, integrated border-security technology solution,”

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No shit?!