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<blockquote data-quote="Go_Ordnance" data-source="post: 2118987" data-attributes="member: 7266">I went through one of the big check points a couple of years ago, going from Ft Bliss to Sill.&nbsp; Pretty simple &quot;yep, I&#039;m a citizen&quot; and &quot;I&#039;m headed to Ft Sill&quot;... and I was on my way.I feel for these guys.&nbsp; They&#039;re trying to work the illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems we all ***** about.&nbsp; They&#039;re told to put up these checkpoints and they end up in a position where they look like ass-hats.&nbsp; I wonder how many illegals / drug runners they catch.Still (and it bothered me then), there&#039;s the Constitutional principle of the 4th Amendment - which these checkpoints seem to be violating.&nbsp; These guys (and the citizens) would probably be better off focusing their manpower on the border itself.--edit--Ok, the last one (where he asks the agent first if he is a citizen) made me laugh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Go_Ordnance, post: 2118987, member: 7266"] I went through one of the big check points a couple of years ago, going from Ft Bliss to Sill. Pretty simple "yep, I'm a citizen" and "I'm headed to Ft Sill"... and I was on my way. I feel for these guys. They're trying to work the illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems we all ***** about. They're told to put up these checkpoints and they end up in a position where they look like ass-hats. I wonder how many illegals / drug runners they catch. Still (and it bothered me then), there's the Constitutional principle of the 4th Amendment - which these checkpoints seem to be violating. These guys (and the citizens) would probably be better off focusing their manpower on the border itself. --edit-- Ok, the last one (where he asks the agent first if he is a citizen) made me laugh. [/QUOTE]

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