[monocasa]

Yeah, it's a thing. They're primarily in the 100 miles of the southern border, and generally you only get stopped if you have brown skin if you're worried about being a Canadian in the US.

Check out the term "constitution free zone" if you want to learn more.

[chasd00]

I spend a lot of time near the TX/Mexico border. Everyone gets stopped, you get asked a couple questions and that's it. I haven't been required to show ID or anything like that. They do a walk around your car with a dog and then wave you through.

[monocasa]

By stopped, I meant a situation where they don't just wave you through the checkpoint.

The dog they use around the car is to let them harass certain people based on what the dog handler thinks of them. https://health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2010-2011/02/201...

[ARandomerDude]

> you only get stopped if you have brown skin

Maybe, though I think it's fair to point out a large number of CPB agents on the border also have brown skin, if for no other reason than they need a huge percentage of native Spanish speakers.

[monocasa]

You can be racist and of the same race. You just see yourself as "one of the few good ones" and internally hate yourself a bit.

[snypher]

This is the general law enforcement mindset, a classist superiority complex that overcomes even one's own racial identity.