
Border Patrol drops New Hampshire checkpoints near Canadian border
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The U.S. Border Patrol has settled an ACLU lawsuit by agreeing to cease establishing checkpoints in a Grafton County, New Hampshire town less than 100 miles from the Canadian border.
"Border Patrol’s interior checkpoint operations are unlawful and invasive, and this settlement means the people of northern New England will continue to be free from these unconstitutional searches and seizures in Woodstock until January 1, 2025," Gilles Bissonnette, the legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, said in a news release.
The lawsuit arose from a 2017 case in which 16 people were stopped at a checkpoint on Interstate 93 during a three-day operation that was staffed by Border Patrol officers and local police. They were charged by the state with possession of small amounts of drugs.