Greyhound riders are being asked for immigration papers at South Florida bus terminals

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Federal immigration agents are beefing up their efforts to apprehend undocumented immigrants in South Florida as part of a nationwide effort to "keep communities safe." The target: transportation hubs.

In the past few weeks, Customs and Border Patrol officials have been spotted by commuters at Greyhound bus stations across Miami-Dade and Broward counties, asking riders on board, or in the process of boarding a bus, for proof of legal status.

The U.S. Border Patrol confirmed the sightings in an email to the Miami Herald:

"U.S. Border Patrol has been performing enforcement actions away from the immediate border in direct support of border enforcement efforts and as a means of preventing trafficking, smuggling and other criminal organizations from exploiting our public and private transportation infrastructure to travel to the interior of the United States. ... Agents in Florida enforce immigration law while working closely with local, state and federal law enforcement partners to keep communities safe while securing the coastal borders."

CBP agents, according to federal law, don't need a warrant to "within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States ... board and search for aliens in any vessel within the territorial waters of the United States and any railcar, aircraft, conveyance, or vehicle." The law defines a "reasonable distance" as 100 air miles from the coastal border - which covers the entire state of Florida.

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[SunSeeker]

1. K & R for exposure.

[packman]

2. Posted without comment

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[TexasProgresive]

3. What we have come to.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Soon we'll all be carrying passports or Real ID to prove our citizenship

That does worry me. I have a US state driver's license. I don't know how authorities would sort that out, since I don't routinely carry my US passport. I'm in my own country, why would I?

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. If you are white, they won't even ask. Yet.

The newer diver's licenses have a bar code with ID info. Have no idea what info. can be pulled up on it.

Border Patrol has been boarding buses, and trains, all over the country.
If those searches are legal, the law needs to be changed.

[kimbutgar]

7. In June, my husband, son and I were driving back from a day visit in tombstone Arizona

We got stopped at ICE checkpoint. The ice looked at us and said have a nice day since we were not Hispanic looking.

I was pissed off we got stopped. And the only ID’s we had on us were our drivers license and my son state ID. I shudder to think if we were Hispanic looking what would have happened.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[spanone]

8. K&R...