It’s almost 40 miles from the border.
his ranch is 35 miles from the border. Obviously a lot here didn’t read the article. The one thing that threw me off and that I didn’t know was that BP can access any property within 25 miles of the border without any ones consent. As a matter of fact the article stipulates is the law.
There is no way to tell where exactly the BP had the technology- they say the ranch is near a town 40 miles from the border but that is how people describe where I live- as being near a town that is actually 50 miles away from us and the border. The only reason they say that is because it is the closest town of any size, just to give people an idea where I live without a long winded explanation.
To me that does not mean the technology used by BP was that far from the border, though if it actually was then I don’t agree with BP doing that.
I know during the O administration they didn’t want BP to go after illegal activity until it was miles north of the border...they were not patrolling the actual border and created a no mans land (that became smuggler controlled in many areas) along much of the border. This might be a result of that policy. I would have no issue with cameras and other things on the border, as they have been for years- but would not like it placed in random areas away from the border on my property.
The US Border Patrol has statutory authority to enter privet property up to 100 miles for the purpose of paroling the border.