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		tptacek on Feb 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DHS Watchdog OKs ‘Suspicionless’ Seizure of Electr... It is worth knowing that this map is intended to illustrate the absurdity of a specific (old) statement from DHS. It is almost definitely not the case that living in NYC puts you at risk of arbitrary border searches; among other things, SCOTUS has specifically said it doesn't.

jorgem on Feb 11, 2013 [–]

I guess it just applies to folks in the south west, hundreds of miles from the border.

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