Originally posted by dragonridr
And they have the right to arrest you Has nothing to do with this county so stop trying to say border agents are different here then anywhere else there not.
Are you just pretending to be so ignorant?
In a program unique to the Yuma Sector, Border Patrol agents were given the authority to write citations in low-quantity marijuana cases as though they were deputies working for the Yuma County Sheriff's Office.
Again, the checkpoint is unconstitutional, they're using a loophole to get around the supreme court and target citizens, no amount of BS and selective morality is going to change that fact. The ONLY reason the BP was granted the ability to use dogs at checkpoints, was to stop illegal immigration PRIMARILY, and drugs SECONDARY, meaning if they check a vehicle suspected of harboring illegal immigrants and find drugs they sieze them. But since it's CLEARLY stated that is no longer the primary mission for this checkpoint, they're ability to set up dog checkpoints in that area should be REVOKED, period. There are no more illegals coming through that area regularly, thanks to the new fences.
Few would argue that big dope smugglers or those carrying an arsenal of hard drugs shouldn't feel the pinch of the law. If it weren't for the trained dogs, smugglers could run thousands of pounds of drugs through the Yuma Sector checkpoints.
But the vast majority of people getting busted at checkpoints in Arizona near Yuma aren't smugglers or illegal immigrants. They aren't even big-shot partiers like Lil Wayne. They're just average people who happen to be carrying a smidgen of marijuana in their vehicles.
This checkpoint is no longer performing the PRIMARY function is what put in place to perform, and should be taken down and moved to an area where the BP can do the job they are supposed to be doing.
[edit on 9-8-2009 by 27jd]
