Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border

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Source: Washington Post

Immigration
Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border

Agents are arresting immigrants in cities such as Los Angeles and New York. Their expanding reach has sparked concern in law enforcement and immigrant communities.

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By Marianne LeVine and Derek Hawkins
The Trump administration is increasingly relying on Border Patrol agents to help carry out the president’s mass deportation plan and arrest immigrants in cities far from the nation’s southern border — a departure from the agency’s traditional role that some lawyers and advocates consider alarming.

In the past month, Border Patrol agents have swarmed a Los Angeles park on foot and horseback; taken immigrants into custody at a New York City courthouse; raided a cannabis farm in California’s Ventura County; and detained day laborers at Home Depot parking lots as far north as Sacramento.

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By Marianne LeVine
Marianne LeVine is a national political reporter for The Washington Post.follow on X@marianne_levine

By Derek Hawkins
Derek Hawkins covers federal law enforcement for The Washington Post. Send him secure messages on Signal at dhawk.01follow on X@d_hawk

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/22/border-patrol-arrests-us-mexico-border-trump/

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1. 100 mile border zone: ACLU know your rights

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
100 Mile Border Zone

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless stops within 100 miles of the U.S. border, important Fourth Amendment protections still apply. This helps you understand your rights within the 100-mile border zone.​

Are immigration officials allowed to stop people in places wholly inside the U.S.?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with patrolling the U.S. border and areas that function like a border, claims a territorial reach much larger than you might imagine. A federal law says that, without a warrant, CBP can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” These “external boundaries” include international land borders but also the entire U.S. coastline.

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