Last spring my husband and I went to check on our vacation rental property on the coast a few states away here in the northeast. Sure enough when we got to the border between CT and RI there were signs that out of state vehicles needed to stop and check in with the NG at the 1st rest area. I wasn’t going to stop but then I saw multiple state troopers parked on the road to the entrance ramp where the NG was. I pulled in - NG asked us a few questions, looked at our out of state plates, then said we could go on our way. We left to continue up the coast.
Although the NG were friendly, the experience was extremely unsettling. This is not the United States of America I grew up in and love.
How quickly we forget last spring when several states started to implement checkpoints.
My nephew was in the process of moving from Ohio to Texas and as a Marine, who wasn’t impressed with the ‘checkpoints.’
Border Checkpoints Discourage Travelers Between States
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/04/08/border-checkpoints-discourage-travelers-between-states
On the Road: Readers wonder why I-95 COVID-19 checkpoint still in use
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2020/06/05/on-road-readers-wonder-why-i-95-covid-19-checkpoint-still-in-use/41744897/