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A look at the suspension of rights at the border, murkiness of border policies, and lack of answers from the federal government.
My Detainment Story or: How I Learned To Stop Feeling Safe In My Own Country and Hate Border Agents
Back in September, OTM producer Sarah Abdurrahman, her family, and
her friends were detained for hours by US Customs and Border Protection
on their way home from Canada. Everyone being held was a US citizen, and
no one received an explanation. Sarah tells the story of their
detainment, and her difficulty getting any answers from one of the least
transparent agencies in the country.
Device Searches at the Border
The border is a legal gray area where the same constitutional
protections one expects inside the country don't necessarily apply. When
graduate student Pascal Abidor had his electronic devices searched and
seized at the border back in 2010, he filed lawsuit against the federal
government. But in December, a federal judge upheld the government's
right to search travelers' devices at the border without a warrant.
Brooke speaks with Pascal about his experience at the border and the
lawsuit.
Invasive Cavity Search at the Border
"Jane Doe" is a 54-year old US citizen who was crossing into the US
at the Juarez/El Paso border when agents took her aside for secondary
screening. The screening ended up being 6 hours of invasive cavity
searches—which yielded nothing and left her traumatized. Bob speaks with
Laura Schauer Ives, an ACLU attorney for Jane Doe about what happened
at the border that day.
Investigating Use of Force at the Border
A recent investigation from The Arizona Republic
found that since 2005, at least 42 people have been killed by US
Customs and Border Protection agents. But getting information about
those incidents is no easy task. Bob speaks with Bob Ortega, one of the
reporters behind the investigation, about the difficulty in getting
answers on use of force at the border.
Shedding Light on DHS
Getting information from Customs and Border Protection and the
Department of Homeland Security is not just difficult for journalists
and private citizens—even members of Congress have a hard time getting
answers. Brooke speaks with Representative Beto O'Rourke of Texas' 16th
District about the oversight needed to ensure more transparency from
DHS.
And a crowdsourcing project to Shed Light on DHS!
And a crowdsourcing project to Shed Light on DHS!
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