John Stossel on Border Patrol Agents Without Borders

Even
as the federal government fails to control the southern border, it
sends the Border Patrol farther into the interior, where Americans
complain that agents harass people who are already U.S. citizens.
And it’s all perfectly legal. The Supreme Court ruled that the
Border Patrol can set up “inland” checkpoints anywhere up to 100
miles from an external border of the United States. That’s what
government now considers a “reasonable distance” from the
border.

John Stossel talked to American Civil Liberties Union lawyer
James Lyall, who argues that “interior checkpoints fundamentally
fly in the face of what it means to live in a free society, where
you don’t have to answer to federal agents when you’re going about
your daily business.” Stossel also talked to Americans —such as
Pastor Steven Anderson, who was tased after refusing to let
officers search his car, and Air Force pilot Rick Rynearson—about
their experiences with border patrol harassment and
abuse. 

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