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by refurb 1995 days ago
Jeeze there is a lot of confusion about the 100 mile thing.

No, they can’t stop you for no reason.

No, they can’t search you without cause or a warrant.

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

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>No, they can’t stop you for no reason.

Right, except not being white or having an accent is a reason enough to be stopped.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/politics/us-citizen-dies-in-c...

Well of course they can, it’s just legal.

And odd example to pick since it seems like he was a suspect in smuggling? That alone is enough to detain anyone.

Is that one of those "in theory they can't, but in reality they do" things?