LOL! Of course the New York Times FORGOT to mention it was a NH STATE judge that ruled the FEDS could not do this.
Too bad, so sad.
The ruling by the NH state judge established that drug charges based on the immigration checkpoints were not prosecutable, since the evidence obtained was done so without an appropriate probable cause or warrant under the NH constitution. So the press release touting the interdiction of drugs at the checkpoints was just fake news. As of the latest checkpoints the court ruling, from May, mooted all of the drug arrests.
In fact the local PD who made the arrests was just wasting everyone's time and money. And the Border Patrol press release was more fake news. What is the point of announcing you made 17 arrests for drug violations when the next sentence should say "and all 17 arrests will be dismissed as soon as we show up in court."
Real law enforcement work generates results. Instead of standing around admiring the scenery I'd like to see those Border Patrol agents rounding up the illegal immigrant drug dealers, felons, and human traffickers in the urban areas of New England where they congregate.