In my last post about Peter Watt’s border issues, I mentioned that it was almost assuredly CBP officers that conducting the search of his vehicle. Now, Peter was coming back into Canada from the US though, so why would he have encountered US border officers?
Well it turns out that the US border doesn’t end with the narrow line between it and Canada/Mexico. In fact, there is a 100 mile “buffer zone” that wraps around the internal edge of the country. Within this zone, checkpoints have been erected that act as a second border.
From the ACLU’s website. Click the image to view their interactive map.
For some Americans, this is a huge violation of the US Constitution and the 4th Amendment. There are also concerns raised that the checkpoints are not entirely focussed on securing the borders, especially when they are placed on east/west roads within the buffer and not north/south.
However, for Canadians, this is an important piece of information to know: you may be stopped by CBP while travelling within the US interior or returning to Canada but before you actually hit the border. And if you are stopped at a checkpoint, remember that the same rules apply there as they do when entering the USA.
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