Posted on 07/12/2012 12:41:29 PM PDT by krogers58
My wife and I were just stopped in I-93 in north-central NH by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. All cars were stopped, and the officer stuck his head in my window, much as they do at DUI checkpoints. He then looked around the car, and asked us if we were US citizens. We answered in the affirmative and he then asked for our ID's. What has happened to this country when we can be harassed by ICE but the actual illegal immigrants cannot?
Oh, yes.
Lots of English-speaking Mexicans coming across the Canadian border into New Hampshire.
/SARC
I think the government is punishing New Hamphire for something.
Don’t know what, though.
You should have said “No habla Ingles” and he would have tipped his hat and said “Vaya con Dios - Have a nice day. Remember to vote in November!”
There is another thread about a terrorist threat for a tunnel from Detroit to Canada today, so possibly they are checking for potential related activities.
NH? Sure.
But lets close six BP offices in Texas.
Right.
If they were serious about Illegal Emigrants, they would head south about 75 miles and set up shop on rt28 in Lawrence Mass.
The agent “stuck his head” inside your car window?
How?
If his head is 2 inches wide he may have gotten it in my window otherwise not so much........
You produced ID for him? Why? Was he citing you for some traffic violation? Investigating some criminal offense? No? Then sorry no ID.....
Its called Socialism/Communism, just wait until you have to show your papers at the road blocks to go from one county to the next and explain why you are going etc.etc. and don’t think it can’t happen here, take a look at history. Others thought the same and paid the price. I am not talking about you but the country as a whole.
That was my first thought as well...sounds a bit like the traffic stops around Atlanta a few months ago. As I recall, every truck on I-20 was being stopped and searched (during rush hour), and more than a few were being scanned by some sort of radiation detector. ICE was out there, along with the FBI and state and local law enforcement. Not to worry, we were told. It was just a “training exercise.” Expect a similar explanation for the stops in NH.
> Oh yeah? Well, how ‘bout all of them French speaking
> Quebecers? How about them?
LOL!!
You know, when Jimmah Carter established the Department of Education, the newly created Cabinet offered government money for bilingual education programs.
So, Governeor Meldrim Thompson of NH, seeing that 20% of the state at the time was French-speaking, applied for funds to establish a bilingual French/English program.
The new Dept of Education said that French/English did not qualify for the bilingual federal grants.
At the time, the number of Spanish-speaking folks in NH constituted less than 1% of the population. Yet, if the NH schools wanted the Federal grants, they would have to create Spanish/English bilingual programs, regardless of how useless they would be.
The NH governor declined, and NH was not eligible for Federal funds until Reagan was elected and removed the requirement.
Of course, what Reagan SHOULD have done was to ELIMINATE the Department of Education altogether and get the FedGov OUT of the government schools.
Didn't the legislature just pass Voter ID? I know it was being discussed, but I can't recall the circumstances...
I’ve crossed the border at Derby Line,VT a few times in the last year or so.Driving south on I-91 after having done so I’ve seen Border Patrol vehicles a few times.Never been stopped by one however.
I like bullet point #1 on that checklist.
“You have the right to remain silent. If you wish to exercise that right, say so out loud.”
?????
Didn't the legislature just pass Voter ID? I know it was being discussed, but I can't recall the circumstances...
You know,you're right.Just a couple of weeks ago both houses of the New Hampshire Legislature voted to override the RAT Governor's veto of a voter ID bill.
Here's the fed blowback.
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