AI6YR BenHmm, maybe they can keep the river from mysteriously turning an unnatural color of green every so often.
AlexanderVI@ai6yr oh great, there goes my plan to work as a Chicago area dishwasher by navigating all the Great Lakes and sneaking up the Chicago River.
poleguy looking for lost tools@AlexanderVI @ai6yr I learned from an Iraqi friend of mine that Chicago is treated as a border town by ISE and DHS and that they have special abilities to stop people and ask for papers because of it. Even citizens should really be carrying passports at all times in #Chicago.
I think the excuse is that #ORD is an international airport. Maybe? Or maybe it's because there are two many black and hispanic people here for the white racist cowards to feel comfortable without the power to stop them.
@poleguy @AlexanderVI Welcome to the "100 Mile Border Zone"
ACLU: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with patrolling the U.S. border and areas that function like a border, claims a territorial reach much larger than you might imagine. A federal law says that, without a warrant, CBP can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” These “external boundaries” include international land borders but also the entire U.S. coastline. "
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless stops within 100 miles of the U.S. border, important Fourth Amendment protections still apply.