Approximately two months after the Department of Homeland Security setup a suspicionless internal checkpoint near mile post 146 along State Route 86 in Southern Arizona, I submitted a FOIA or Freedom of Information Act request to U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s Washington, D.C. office. The specific information I’m seeking includes:
- A copy of the Border Patrol’s field manual for operating internal suspicionless checkpoints
- A copy of the Border Patrol study used to justify establishing a checkpoint along SR86 in Southern Arizona near mile marker 146
- A copy of checkpoint summary reports regarding seizures at the checkpoint since its inception in early 2008
- A copy of “Immigration Law”, a DOJ publication related to immigration case law
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