and so if government agents are stopping and questioning people about their citizenship without any justification that raises 4th amendment concerns for us. reporter: the law grants immigration officers broad powers, enabling them to search for ail against on plane, trains, buses and other vehicles without a warrant within 100 miles of the border. that puts the whole of maine within reach and the whole entirety or near entirety of ten other states. in january border patrol agents boarded a bus in ft. lauderdale florida questioning passengers. people whipped out cell phones. a woman who overstayed a visa was removed from the bus. last week a man on an amtrak train in syracuse new york captured agents on board asking passengers about their citizenship. u.s. customs and border protection would not give us an interview but did give us a statement saying enforcement actions beyond the border are forced as a means of smuggling and criminal organizations from exploiting existing transportat
government spending on the vetting process. while we re at it in the senate. michael phaoe ham, josh holes the, thank you. routine citizenship checks not just at the border but way beyond it. that move now sparking controversy. molly line is live in portland, maine. reporter: border patrol agents do far more than keep an eye on the frigid border with canada. at a bangor bus stop in maine, agents went and asked people that were boarding those buses, often heading to cities like boston asking if they were u.s. citizens. although they declined a request for an interview, border officials confirmed their agents routinely engage in operations at transportation hubs throughout the state. american civil liberties of maine fiennesed the practice troubling. any time the government agents stop and question somebody, they need to have a justification for that.
was removed from the bus. last week a passenger on an amtrak train stopped in syracuse, new york captured a video. here at bus stations in maine reaction is mixed. i think it s outrageous. i am a u.s. citizen and proud of it. i appreciate the security as much as anyone else. i think it s a violation of our rights and privacy. i would rather be safe than sorry if an agent approached me i would be happy to oblige. u.s. customs and border explained that law enforcement actions beyond the border happen as a means of preventing smuggling and criminal organizations from exploiting existing transportation hubs to travel to the interior of the united states. bill. bill: portland, maine, molly line. thank you for that. sandra: the u.n. raising a red flag on al qaeda while it says the terror group may be a bigger threat than isis in some places.
maine recently agents asked people boarding the bus if they were u.s. citizens. u.s. customs and border patrol officials confirm their agents routinely engage in operations at transportation hubs throughout the state. the american civil liberties union of maine finds the practice troubling. they re seeking federal records to find out more. none of us want to live in a society where we re consistently being told we need to show our papers. the law grants immigration officers broad powers searching for aliens on boats, trains, planes and others without a warrant within 100 miles of the border. the entire state of maine and other states, too. the stops are increasing. in january border patrol agents boarded a bus in fort lauderdale, florida questioning people there. the video went viral. one woman who overstayed a visa
i appreciate the security is much as anyone else but i think it s a violation of our rights and privacy. i would rather be safe than sorry if an agent approached me, i would be happy to oblige whatever he asked me. providing the statement that actions beyond the border are performed as a means of preventing smuggling and criminal organizations from exploiting existing transportation hubs to travel to the interior of the united states. shannon: thank you. national transportation safety board says to new york city area commuter train crashes in the last two years were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders. train crashed into a terminal in hoboken, new jersey, in september 2016, killing one person. 108 people were injured in january 2017 when a train crashed at the atlantic terminal in brooklyn. the ntsb says both engineers had sleep apnea which can leave