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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You do understand that this isn’t about actually crossing the border right? Of course they can be searched on entry. This is about them being randomly pulled over within the country as a part of a random sweep process.
So an agent is driving along, sees a bus go by, and decides to search it for no other reason then random sweep. Greyhound wants them to have a warrant.
TSA is a different situation.
1. They do not board and search the plane, and question the passengers while they are locked aboard.
2. TSA screens at fixed, clearly marked points. Providing a citizen with the opportunity and choice to consent or not consent to the search.
An NFL active player got caught in the past week with over 147 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle.
He apparently came across the border near San Diego & then was driving east across Texas. A checkpoint stopped him & the drug sniffing dog alerted on his vehicle.
Multiple duffle bags with all that MJ aboard.
Don’t think he will be playing NFL games this fall.
Cannot even imagine how stupid this was-—and for a highly paid person.
What about Alcohol Checkpoints? The Supremes deemed them to be legal.
Greyhound, the last way I’d travel. In 1974, when I was 16, I took Greyhound from Hartford, CT to Old Orchard Beach, ME. In Boston, I had to wait for an hour and a half, so I was reading my dad’s National Review I took on the bus, when a guy (who was about 35) told me that I was a creep for reading it. He was reading a creepy magazine, the Advocate. First and last time on the bus...
So sanctuary cities isn’t enough, and now we have to have a sanctuary bus line. This is not a ideological decision by Greyhound. It is a business decision to protect Greyhound’s bottom line.
California chose to prohibit ICE from arresting illegals in court houses. This week ICE ignored that insanity and entered a court house and apprehended a wanted illegal and dared the local and state authorities to stop them. Why because federal law supersedes state and local law when there is a conflict according to the Constitution.
TSA has no reason to believe that you are violating any law when you go to an airport to board a flight. Yet they make you submit to a search of your person using pat-downs, X-rays, etc, even completely disrobing if they think it necessary. And Grehound thinks a bus load of illegals should be totally exempt from any search.
All the police or agents have to do is bring in a German Shepherd and have it sit next to or jump on the side of the bus.
No warrant needed.
The FUSA hasn’t followed the Constitution for a long time (over 150 years).
See my post #47.
You have no rights.
If they want to look in your vehicle, they will.
Leave the Human Trafficking to us...
Greyhound, what’s left of the Company, will be Bankrupt in 6 months.
Now only Illegals will ride. Good Stock to Sell Short.
but you know very well if they wanted they could stop and delay every single bus going to a Trump rally under the rouse of “security”.....
That's what it is leading to. It is just another reason for small government. It's to the point that I rather be among murderers, rapists and hardened criminals than law enforcement. At least you know what your are dealing with and can defend yourself.
How are Chicago and Milwaukee within 100 miles of a border?
ML/NJ
TSA is a bad example. They are at fixed, clearly marked checkpoints that a citizen can choose to avoid. Imagine if TSA could pull you over on the road a mile from the airport and search your car with no warrant.
This isn’t about border crossings from what I understand. It’s about them randomly pulling over busses away from the border and searching them “just because”.
Also DUI checkpoints are different because officers are still not allowed to actually search your property unless they have reasonable suspicion that you are committing a crime. If they smell alcohol, that’s enough for reasonable suspicion. If they’re in a bad mood, or have a quota, it is not.
Can they briefly stop a bus? Yes. Can they talk to the driver for a brief amount of time? Yes. Can they board and search the bus and interrogate passengers without a warrant or reasonable suspicion of a crime? No.
Good post. It’s always bothered me that the gov can use a dog bark to attain reasonable suspicion.
100 miles border, or coastline.
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