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Checkpoint

Arizonans Stage Sit-In to Halt Inland Immigration Checkpoints

Guillermo Jimenez May 28, 2015 40

EspañolArivaca's had enough, and residents of this rural Arizona border town are letting the US Department of Homeland Security know that their inland immigration checkpoint has got to go. Some 100 concerned citizens and like-minded…
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Columnists

Failure to Obey Suspicionless Interrogation

Guillermo Jimenez Sep 16, 2013 108

In my last column, I laid out the history of the area near the border of the United States known as the "constitution-free zone" (CFZ). This policy, rooted in xenophobia and stemming from restrictions on immigration, prohibitions on…
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Drug War

The Constitution-Free Zone: Fact and Fiction

Guillermo Jimenez Sep 2, 2013 3,243

In recent months, there has been a growth in the level of interest and curiosity regarding the area near the border of the United States known as the "constitution-free zone." Persistent civil disobedience, viral "checkpoint refusal"…
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