ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont have settled a federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional Border Patrol checkpoints in northern New England.

Policy would have harmed immigrant communities and been a massive expansion of policing and government surveillance

The ACLU of New Hampshire in March filed right-to-know requests with Governor Sununu’s Office and the N.H. Department of Safety and found that neither office could provide any data to support their claims of increased unauthorized border crossings along New Hampshire’s northern border.

The ACLU of New Hampshire and Preti Flaherty LLP can continue with their lawsuit after a federal court yesterday rejected the government’s motion to dismiss the suit.