Know Your Rights: The Government’s 100-Mile “Border” Zone – Map
From the post:
Many people think that border-related policies impact only people living in border towns like El Paso or San Diego. The reality is that Border Patrol’s interior enforcement operations encroach deep into and across the United States, affecting the majority of Americans.
Roughly two-thirds of the United States’ population, about 200 million people, lives within the 100-mile zone that an outdated federal regulation defines as the border zone—that is, within 100 miles of a U.S. land or coastal border.
Although this zone is not literally “Constitution free”—constitutional protections do still apply—the Border Patrol frequently ignores those protections and runs roughshod over individuals’ civil liberties.
Learn more about the government’s 100-mile border zone.
Read the ACLU factsheet on Custom and Border Protection’s 100-mile zone
The ACLU map demonstrates there are no locations in Hawaii where the border zone does not reach.
Now you can name the one advantage of living outside of Hawaii, just in case it comes up on Jeopardy.
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In some ways, this map is mis-leading.
The U.S. government runs roughshod over everyone within and without its borders.
Ask the people of Aleppo for tales of the American government. A city rumored to be founded in the 6th millennium BCE, may be about to become the largest graveyard in history.
Be sure to mention that on holiday cards to the Obama White House.