Submitted by SpiritualBox6741 t3_yy7fof in baltimore
Hey folks, there was a line of vehicles and vans, most of them saying border patrol on them. I haven’t seen anything like it…
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loudnate0701 t1_iwt1o8t wrote
They now have a border control for the city/county line
ChemicalElevator1380 t1_iwt7egj wrote
Damnit it's those people from Delaware invading Maryland again. Call out the NG
AidenMcSauceyPants t1_iwtb71b wrote
As a Native J-towney I’m offended
SpiritualBox6741 OP t1_iwtdrtt wrote
Wait is this for real?
keyjan t1_iwu7prc wrote
😁 I was kidding, of course.
anne_hollydaye t1_iwuhajg wrote
as a native J-towney I'm cackling.
wookiee_borg t1_iwujjn2 wrote
Not sure which part of 40 you’re seeing this, but many of those businesses near the Balt/Harford line employ a lot of manual labor. Construction, roofers, warehouses, etc. Also lots of little immigrant communities out there. An ICE raid wouldn’t be out of the question, even though that’s something you usually hear about at the big factories in the South and Midwest.
Another possibility - MSP and BaltCo police run regular checkpoints on truckers along that stretch of 40, stopping lots of dump trucks and small haulers. If they caught wind of some shenanigans from the port, or found a flagged immigrant in a stop, that might be Border Patrol territory.
bobcat7781 t1_iwut9yu wrote
Border Patrol can do stops within X miles (I think it's 100 miles) of a border or international point of entry, which includes the Port of Baltimore, and probably BWI, too.
pk10534 t1_iwutm2m wrote
Would CBP be there for an ICE raid though?
wookiee_borg t1_iwv63b1 wrote
Isn’t it that they have immigration jurisdiction within 100 miles of a point of entry? I think they’re active near every international airport. I could be totally wrong though.
pk10534 t1_iwv6el7 wrote
No you’re right, they do have jurisdiction within 100 miles of a US border. But I thought they’d be doing more stuff like checkpoints (similar to what they do down South) rather than operations like assisting an ICE raid. It’s totally possible it’s a multi-agency operation, I honestly have no clue how that works!
Typical-Radish4317 t1_iwvnvxe wrote
Yeah literally Border Control has free reign over most of the country as 60% of the population of the US falls within 100 miles of the coastline.
gothaggis t1_iwvtcd8 wrote
lol - native jtowne here as well.
keyjan t1_iwsrkuv wrote
Welp, you gotta keep those people from Joppatowne away from the Inner Harbor, ya know…