This explainer from 15 years ago is still pretty good on the law. Hasn't developed much recently. www.aclu-sdic.org/sites/defaul...
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Whatever happened to the ACLU? Can't remember the last time I heard them suing the Trump admin
aug 19, 2025, 3:43 am • 1 0 • view
So, they're illegal? They're not being conducted within a reasonable distance of the border.
aug 19, 2025, 2:44 am • 3 0 • view
The ocean is the border
aug 19, 2025, 2:46 am • 9 0 • view
i was misremembering, your cite to ACLU / what CBP thinks the border is, are right on. that should be external, maritime borders, not including the Great Lakes or eg the Souris and Roseau Rivers, which I had not heard of before right now. Who names a river Mouse anyway. cc @asgvisalaw.bsky.social
aug 19, 2025, 12:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Seems like it was a bad decision when we decided the 4th Amendment doesn't apply within 100 miles of the border (i.e., like 90% of the country by population and every single large city save Denver.)
aug 21, 2025, 1:37 pm • 1 0 • view