The Border Zone Next Door, and its Out-of-Control Police Force

The use of permanent, suspicionless checkpoints well into the interior of the United States is inconsistent with the Fourth Amendment and the fundamental right to travel within the country. [...] In the meantime, at a minimum, the executive branch should undertake a rulemaking to revise the regulations governing CBP to: ▌ Assess sector-by-sector what constitutes a “reasonable distance” from the border for CBP to operate, based on the factors listed in the current regulation.110 We expect that this would lead to a smaller zone of operations everywhere, and a minimal zone near major urban ar. [...] ▌ Ensure that the inspector general of DHS possesses the skills and mandate to vigorously and independently investigate CBP and other components of the department. [...] ▌ Require CBP to collect detailed information on, and publicly release quarterly summaries of, the number and location of checkpoints used by Border Patrol; the number of stops by roving patrols or at checkpoints, vehicle chases, secondary inspections, arrests, and incursions into private property by CBP; the number of individuals detained by CBP; and the length of their detention. [...] ▌ Require CBP to collect detailed information about each stop, search, seizure, use of force, or arrest by its agents, including the basis and duration of the stop, and identifying characteristics of the individual stopped or searched, any arrests, complaints, or uses of force; and the badge number of any officer present.