Add to EJ Playlist  This internal suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoint took place on Southern Arizona's SR86 near Mile Post 146 on January 8, 2008. The location is over 40 miles North of the Southern Border on a highway that never intersects the border. Additional information is available at: http://checkpoi ntusa.org/blog/ index.php/2008/ 01/09/p79

Add to EJ Playlist  On November 26th, I was stopped & seized for about the 50th time since the beginning of 2008. The seizure took place at an internal suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoint along Southern Arizona's SR86 near mile post 146. SR86 is an East-West public highway located over 40 miles North of the border and never intersects the border at any point. During the stop, Agent Gilmore admitted he knew who I was & all three agents told me I wasn't being detained. Nonetheless, these facts didn't stop the agents from refusing to allow me to go about my lawful business, choosing instead to escalate the encounter by requesting that I move to secondary inspection for more intensive scrutiny absent my consent or any articuable suspicion. While continuing to deny that I was being detained and refusing to allow me to leave, the agents threatened me with arrest for impeding their operations. After close to eight minutes of being unlawfully detained, a Border Patrol supervisor eventually arrives on-scene and wastes no time in telling me that I'm free to go with no further scrutiny. Given the circumstances surrounding this extended non-detention, the only reasonable explanation that can be attributed to the agent's behavior is a desire to train the traveling public to be obedient to the whims of any federal agent with a shiny badge & a gun. For those of you who actually think the government cares about the border, how many illegal aliens do you think crossed unchallenged 40 miles to the South because three Border Patrol agents were harassing Americans 40 miles to the North at a suspicionless checkpoint? Find out more at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org

Add to EJ Playlist  On January 20, 2008, I was seized for a third time at a Southern Arizona internal suspicionless homeland security checkpoint. This checkpoint has been in operation for at least two weeks at a location over 40 miles North of the Southern border along SR86 in Southern Arizona More information about this stop can be found at: http://checkpoi ntusa.org/blog/ index.php/2008/ 01/21/p83

Add to EJ Playlist  While traveling from work solely within the United States more than 40 miles from the border on February 25, 2011, I was stopped, seized and detained at an internal Border Patrol checkpoint located near mile marker 147 on SR86 in Southern Arizona. During this seizure, the Border Patrol field supervisor detained me long enough to allow a drug sniffing dog to sniff the exterior of my vehicle while failing to make any immigration-rel ated inquiries. The Supreme Court has held that drug checkpoints are illegal while immigration checkpoints such as this are only legal when they are limited in scope to brief immigration queries. As such, unless this dog in question has been trained to detect who is and who is not inside the country legally, the extended seizure was illegal based upon U.S. Supreme Court guidance in City of Indianapolis V Edmond, U.S. V Martinez-Fuerte , U.S. V Ortiz and U.S. V Brignoni-Ponce. The dog handler allowed the K9 to come into direct contact with my vehicle and run its nails down along the backside of the vehicle. Read more at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2011/02/27/immi gration_status_ smelling_dog_or _illeg

Add to EJ Playlist  While traveling along SR86 in Southern Arizona on March 6, 2010, I was once again stopped, seized & detained by armed federal Border Patrol agents operating ...

Add to EJ Playlist  The two encounters included in this video took place in February 2010 and depict Border Patrol agents searching vehicle trunks absent any reasonable suspicio...

Add to EJ Playlist  In conjunction with the Tohono O'odham Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Agency recently installed a camera surveillance array system in the West bound...

Add to EJ Playlist  I'll let the agent in the video speak for himself.

Add to EJ Playlist  In a significant departure from standard operational procedures,Cust oms and Border Protection officers, who normally work Ports of Entry along the border, ar...

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/11/p194 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/11/p193 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/11/p192 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/11/p191 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/11/p190 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full description of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/09/p189 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full writeup regarding this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/08/p188 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full writeup regarding this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/11/07/p186 .

Add to EJ Playlist  A full writeup of this video is available at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/09/23/p183 .

Add to EJ Playlist  On September 2, 2009 Congresswoman Giffords organized a community meeting in Green Valley, Arizona to discuss the recent findings of a GAO study regarding in...

Add to EJ Playlist  On September 2, 2009 Congresswoman Giffords organized a community meeting in Green Valley, Arizona to discuss the recent findings of a GAO study regarding in...

Add to EJ Playlist  On September 2, 2009 Congresswoman Giffords organized a community meeting in Green Valley, Arizona to discuss the recent findings of a GAO study regarding in...

Add to EJ Playlist  Find out more at: https://www.che ckpointusa.org/ blog/index.php/ 2009/09/07/p178 .

Add to EJ Playlist  On September 2, 2009, Congresswoman Giffords organized a community meeting in Green Valley, Arizona to discuss the recent findings of a GAO study regarding i...

Add to EJ Playlist  Putting to rest the lie that internal Border Patrol checkpoints are primarily used to stem the flow of illegal border crossers, this video clearly shows that...

Add to EJ Playlist  On August 4, 2009, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finally rendered a verdict in my six year civil rights lawsuit against several police officers with the T...

Add to EJ Playlist  A reminder of the natural beauty our planet has to offer. I was in the right place at the right time to witness this beautiful sunset within line of sight of...

Add to EJ Playlist  In May 2008, two Border Patrol supervisors were retaliated against by the Border Patrol for testifying to an illegal enforcement practice known as 'shotgunni...

Add to EJ Playlist  While driving Eastbound on SR86 in Southern Arizona on September 4, 2008, I was seized by three armed federal Homeland Security agents at an internal suspici...

Add to EJ Playlist  Local news story detailing corruption within the Border Patrol.

Add to EJ Playlist  The Homeland Security checkpoint seizure depicted in this video is the first one where I was stopped & seized in the presence of a drug dog during the day. T...

Add to EJ Playlist  The internal suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoint seizure depicted in this video took place on April 22, 2008 - over 40 miles North of the border along...

Add to EJ Playlist  On April 1, 2008 I was briefly stopped at the same internal suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoint I've been stopped & seized at many times before (note ...