A New Hampshire judge allowed part of an ACLU lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) checkpoints in three New England states to continue.
Last year, the ACLU sued the CBP over roadside checkpoints in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
The ACLU argued that the CBP roadside checkpoints were conducted for the primary purpose of general crime control and drug interdiction and that they are beyond the scope of the CBP’s authority.
“It is unconstitutional for Border Patrol to use interior checkpoints, nearly 100 miles from the border, as a ruse to unlawfully search and seize people for the purpose of general crime control. Yet this is exactly what Border Patrol is doing with checkpoints in northern New England.”