The federal government of the United States, through the Department of Homeland Security and its agency, Customs and Border Protection employs more than 60 thousand people with the objective of guarding the borders and protecting the residents of the country from terrorist threats. , drug and arms trafficking. According to the Border Patrol website, the agency’s mission is to “detect and prevent.”
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Its functions are carried out mainly in border ports, airports and in the so-called migratory checkpoints that are located in the interior of the country, within a radius of 100 miles from the border., both in the south with Mexico, and in the north with Canada. One of them is in San Clemente, where social media users often share photos when this step encounters slow traffic.
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The following are the controls that travelers encounter if traveling from the south to Los Angeles, the Central Valley or San Francisco in California. There are six main ones, but temporary additional checkpoints may be implemented, depending on the needs of the Border Patrol.
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This federal regulation has been in force since 1953 and is part of the so-called “100 air miles” law, in which these permanent checkpoints were established with the aim of deterring illegal activities that could have bypassed the official border crossings along the along the border.
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In California, there are six of these immigration checkpoints, but there are also 16 other agricultural inspection posts, which are found bordering the entire state. These sometimes tend to confuse motorists regarding the documentation required in each one of them and if they will inquire about immigration status.
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Next, we present an interactive map, in which you can see where the immigration checkpoints are located and also the agricultural inspection posts. In both they can stop you and ask questions, but the purposes of the interrogation are different.
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At immigration checkpoints You should have your passport and I-94 form handy if you are visiting the country. If you are a resident of the United States, then you should present your green card, and if you are a US citizen, you do not have the need to prove it.
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