Posted on 02/21/2020 8:25:26 PM PST by fluorescence
Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks.
The company’s announcement came one week after The Associated Press reported on a leaked Border Patrol memo confirming that agents can’t board private buses without the consent of the bus company. Greyhound had previously insisted that even though it didn’t like the immigration checks, it had no choice under federal law but to allow them.
In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the public — such as company offices or any areas a person needs a ticket to access.
Greyhound said it would provide its drivers and bus station employees updated training regarding the new policy, and that it would place stickers on all its buses clearly stating that it does not consent to the searches.[...]
Greyhound has faced pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant rights activists and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson to stop allowing sweeps on buses within 100 miles of an international border or coastline. In many cases, the buses being checked were not crossing or even approaching an international boundary.
Critics say the practice is intimidating and discriminatory and has become more common under President Donald Trump. Border Patrol arrests videotaped by other passengers have sparked criticism, and Greyhound faces a lawsuit in California alleging that it violated consumer protection laws by facilitating raids.
“We are pleased to see Greyhound clearly communicate that it does not consent to racial profiling and harassment on its buses,” Andrea Flores, deputy director of policy for the ACLU’s Equality Division, said...
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“Leave the smuggling to us”
It IS private property after all.
And money.....
Fine, how about the US stop issuing licenses to Greyhound, then.
"sorry officer, I don't recognize your authority".......
And yet they cross state lines. Obviously no one asked an attorney.
I get the feeling this is a poorly written article. I seriously doubt the policy applies to border crossings. It must be away from the border. As much as I loath illegals, stopping or delaying a bus or any vehicle for a search without a warrant is not constitutional. This is not the third Reich, where we should submit to orders to show papers without probable cause of a crime.
Very doubtful grayDog can enforce this policy. ( background— they do a lot of business in Mexican traffic in USA-/ and in Mexico proper
Well stated.
I agree.
There are or at least used to be Border Patrol checkpoints on highways dozens of miles north of the Mexican border. All traffic had to stop and an agent would look to see who was in your car. I assume if they didn’t like what they saw, they could and would pull you over for further discussion. Pretty sure the Greyhound Bus Company had to let agents on board.
I recall there being one on I-15 before you got to Temecula and one on I-5 near Camp Pendleton. Are they no longer in operation?
“We are pleased to see Greyhound clearly communicate that it does not consent to racial profiling and harassment on its buses,”...
Get the #### out of here.
If they have reason to believe an illegal is on the bus, pull it over and search it.
These people Already broke the law. Not suspected of it.
Snowflakes worried about offending sound like the same old republican b.tches that we are sick of.
Thank God Trump isn’t one of them.
Says nothing about stops.
Sounds like soros is paying them off.
Read the Constitution. If I am on that bus, the government is delaying me and searching me illegally. I am a citizen. I am not a subject. I will not obey unconstitutional orders. Catch the illegals at the border. Don’t take my liberties away to correct an inadequate job done at the border.
But they have to be “fixed” checkpoints right?
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