[Responsibility2nd]

Checkpoints.

I support them. If only Texas had DWI checkpoints. We are one of about 10 states that do not allow for DWI checkpoints. As a result our per capita DWI fatality rate is the highest in the nation.

I know I will get flamed for this viewpoint, but whatever. This article is about checkpoints for illegals.

So someone tell me; if DWI checkpoints are bad, then are these immigration checkpoints bad as well?

Discuss...

[oh8eleven]

Checkpoints
Unconstitutional ... see the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution for details.

[MichaelP]

I don't like it. I don't believe in it and think it's unconstitutional. It's nothing more than a fishing expedition and there is no probable cause to be poking around in individuals' business.

Secure the border and require valid papers for work...

Mike

[Fawn]

When are they going to go to landscaping, construction, fast food restaurants...places like this and do a checkpoint for illegals??? That’s where they are....cutting grass and washing dishes in the back.

[Buckeye McFrog]

what’s the early betting line that the same SCOTUS which found DUI checkpoints to be totally kosher is going to have some kind of problem with immigration checkpoints?

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[Georgia Girl 2]

All checkpoints are wrong. It doesn’t matter what the reason. We all have the right to travel freely within our country. Its a Democracy. Being asked to show your papers is what they do in Russia etc. In a free country you always err on the side of freedom.

[Ron H.]

Another method to help the state greatly enhance revenue for the sagging state coffers. It wouldn't be so bad if the illegals that get caught up in these checkpoints were actually deported but who believes it is really about taking them off the road?

Pay the fine, pay the impound fee's and go back to your lives a lot lighter in the wallet.