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from the 'Good-fences-make-good-neighbors'-/-Mending-Wall-/-Robert-Frost dept.
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-mexico-border-history-photos-2017-4:
One of the Trump administration's latest immigration policies has come under fire, after Homeland Security figures revealed that ICE is separating families at the US-Mexico border.
Between May 5 and June 9, border officials separated more than 2,300 children from 2,206 parents, the DHS said Tuesday. The policy, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in early May, enforces "zero-tolerance" regulations on those who enter the US without documentation. Any migrant who attempts to cross the southern border — even those seeking asylum — is now being prosecuted.
Following mounting pressure from both sides of the aisle, Trump signed an executive order that he said will stop family separation at the border. But the fate of immigrant children already in custody remains unclear, and the order still faces legal obstacles.
The goal of establishing a firm physical boundary to separate the US from Mexico is nothing new. In the country that has the world's largest immigrant population, American presidential administrations have tried tightening security along the border for around a century.
Though the divide was formally established in 1824, the US didn't launch its official Border Patrol until 1924. Inspection and holding stations were created after that, followed by the construction of miles of fences with barbed wire and steel barriers over the next few decades.
The included pictures and captions speak of the changing attitudes towards Mexicans and their efforts to cross the border over the years.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Monday July 02 2018, @12:43AM
Not necessarily.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=immigration+first+amendment+audit [youtube.com]
I haven't sought out these kinds of First Amendment audits specifically (they have probably increased a lot in the last few months), but I assume that most vids consist of clueless security guards confronting photographers on public roads, but backing off, with a few instances of people being "detained", and then the rare bogus arrest or two. It certainly isn't "start filming, go directly to jail" unless there are cowardly tyrants on the scene.
The great NewsNowHouston channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC39jLNl2UpxDeYVYCToA56A/videos [youtube.com]
Basically, look up First Amendment audits and you'll see a community of people testing their right to record public officials all over the place. Customs, border crossings, federal buildings, police stations, etc. Or the right to record private buildings from a public street, which also triggers clueless private security guards. When this has been tested in court, it usually goes well for the auditor (see Turner v. Driver [soylentnews.org], and here's his 1A audit playlist [youtube.com]).
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