The whole thing is like that. You save the forest and wildlife habitat by cutting it down.
" By streamlining regulations and expanding responsible logging, President Trump is safeguarding millions of acres of forestland, improving wildlife habitats, and supporting rural economies at the same time."
War is peace…
Trump is selling Trump 2028 merchandise
Who are you going to sue? CBP? ICE? They allegedly wore ICE badges, but ICE denies they did it. CBP will probably lean on the fact they wore ICE badges. If this is similar to a lot of recent ICE-initiated human trafficking incidents, they might have been masked up and based on them seemingly trying to cover up ICE and POLICE on their uniforms, they likely weren’t giving out names and badge numbers. They can accurately say that you can find ICE badges online, so it could have been anybody.
Current installment of XKCD:
Alt text: Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.
FWIW, I think one of the observations made by the feds is that CBP agents operating in the field can/do wear garb labeled “POLICE”, and if an individual had an obstructed/oblique view of such garb, it’s possible that they only saw “ICE” and drew an incorrect conclusion.
It is legal for CBP to conduct limited stops and inquire about citizenship within 100 miles of the border (or within 100 miles of any port or international airport), although their powers grow weaker the further away from the border they get.
(E.g., while they have unlimited power to conduct routine physical searches at the border, at some distance they’re pretty much limited to asking about citizenship unless they have probable cause.)
Occam’s Razor suggests that the train inspection was a CBP inspection, within the bounds of their legal authority (especially since 9/11). It is possible that such exercises of their authority may occur more frequently in the present, increasingly authoritarian, climate.
Within 100 miles of the border, e.g. the entire state of Michigan.
ACLU map:
…although it overlooks the “within 100 miles of an international airport” clause, which pretty much extends their zone of authority to most non-empty parts of the country.
Even so, beyond a few miles, their legal authority is limited stopping to ask questions about citizenship, barring probable cause.
(A cynic would observe, however, that “probable cause” isn’t difficult to dummy up in the moment, requiring the hassle of legal action to challenge.)
I’ve never considered Lake Michigan as part of Canada.
Are oceans considered “borders”? Borders of what?
What about up? Where is our border above us?
Apparently not, but yes those sea borders are legit:
Asked, “does the US border reach the sky?”
Google AI Answer:
No, the US border does not reach the sky. The US border is defined as a land and water boundary, and the federal government has defined a “reasonable distance” as 100 air miles from those boundaries. This “100-mile zone” is where CBP (Customs and Border Protection) can exercise certain authority, like boarding buses and trains without warrants. However, the US border itself doesn’t extend into the airspace above the country.
“Within 100 miles of the US border” also includes 90% of the Canadian population….
Don’t say that too loud. They might get ideas.
Wait…other countries have friends?
