Timeline for Traveling inside the U.S. with a tourist visa from 3 years ago
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| Feb 16, 2016 at 11:17 | history | protected | JoErNanO♦ | ||
| Dec 29, 2015 at 1:24 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | ... Many are near the US-Mexican border and US-Canadian border, but by no means all. | The large majority of US residents live within 100 miles of a "border" (somewhat surprisingly). | | ... Wikipedia notes (along with MUCH else) " ... the Supreme Court held that Border Patrol agents on roving patrol may stop a vehicle only if they have reasonable suspicion that the vehicle contains aliens who may be illegally in the United States. ... " | The men with guns may have other ideas. | |
| Dec 29, 2015 at 1:24 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @AndrewLazarus Reading the links turned up via @ Phoog's suggestion stirred part buried memories and provided much more material. The US operates a "100 miles from the border" zone where they can carry out constitutionally questionable (but possibly sensible enough) activities related to immigration - illegal aliens (all sun systems), "weapons of mass effect" (not the mass type used in future based video games that a search turns up) and other. 'Other' seems to grow. Check point locations (permanent &^ most of the transient ones) are given in my above link. ... | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 23:09 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | @RussellMcMahon There are border checkpoints located somewhat inland from the Mexican border. They aren't all over the country. I believe that Mexican residents of the border area can apply for visas to enter border areas of the USA, but not further inland, which requires a further entry permit. The secondary checkpoints enforce this. Of course, they also attempt to enforce regulations against persons with no visa at all. | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:40 | comment | added | phoog | @RussellMcMahon yeah, when I wrote the July 7th answer, I wasn't thinking of the fact that this is San Diego. I've never flown from an airport near the border, so I've never encountered Border Patrol at the airport. I will edit my answer. Most of the people complaining about the checkpoints are complaining about the fact that the BP doesn't limit the stops to checking immigration status. If they do limit them to that, then they're generally within the limits set by the Supreme Court. | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:38 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | From @phoog 's links: (legally) Avoiding BP checkpoints | Videos- people refusing BCP checks | Facebook - end BP checkpoints & many more. FWIW the OP makes it clear that he IS a person that the BP legitimately seek to 'encounter' :-). Wikipedia | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:35 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @phoog Thanks.You'd probably do better by providing a few links eher with an indication of what they are about. Your July 7th answer to this question infers the opposite of what you allude to above and the opposite of what some of the related pages say. There is lots of material there saying that many people believe that the BP people are exceeding their constitutional and/or legally constituted rights. Not surprisingly, the ACLU agrees. So, yes, it does appear that it has "come to that" with the comrades, as you say. | | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:14 | comment | added | phoog | @RussellMcMahon perhaps you should start with google.com/search?q=border+patrol+checkpoint. In the immediate context, I do not know whether they also inspect domestic air passengers in San Diego. They do in McAllen and, I believe, in Brownsville. | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:14 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | ... automotive related ID check by a very friendly Sheriff who seemed a rough visual equivalent of Andy Griffiths. At that stage we travelled over most of Europe without need of any ID documents (except at EU / non-EU borders). In NZ and Australia to this day such checking of ID is non-existent. | If the US has moved on from there to the point that Border-Patrol relevant "Borders" exist within the country (and I have no knowlege that indicates that things are not as you say) then it is of philosophical interest to me. | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 22:09 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @phoog As your (non TSA cerftified) profile page indicates that you reside in NYNY you may be correct, but if so, I was not aware that the comrades now checked the comrades' identity documents when travelling within the land of the brave and the home of the free. If that is in fact the case, and, again, I do not know if things have moved so far along the path but, if so, then I am appalled, aghast, saddened, and not at all surprised that it has (already) come to that. I was last there in long ago 2003 and did encounter an agricultural inspection stop and a trouble free ... | |
| Dec 28, 2015 at 21:41 | comment | added | phoog | @RussellMcMahon a bus trip from San Diego to New Jersey seems almost certain to pass through at least one internal Border Patrol checkpoint. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 20:59 | answer | added | phoog | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 13, 2015 at 8:04 | answer | added | user102008 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 11, 2015 at 7:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackTravel/status/597661641321422848 | ||
| May 11, 2015 at 0:07 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | I'd suggest that it's a 'dice roll'. TSA are the 600 pound gorilla and if they decide to do anything that you are legally entitled to expect or some things you are legally entitled to not expect you have no come back. It may work with no problems but it may not. This is how it should be :-). | If you really care then bus is less liable to have very bad outcomes and Train sounds quite reasonable (but takes about 60 hours). | |
| May 10, 2015 at 18:59 | answer | added | CraigM | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 10, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | Nobody will check your visa page. They are only checking to make sure that your name is the same as the name on the ticket. | |
| May 10, 2015 at 14:14 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' |
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| May 10, 2015 at 13:47 | history | asked | Maria | CC BY-SA 3.0 |