ACLU of NH’s Statement on Woodstock Border Patrol Checkpoint
The most recent US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) immigration checkpoints conducted over this past weekend along I-93 in New Hampshire are an embarrassment to our state and violated the Fourth Amendment. These latest checkpoints coincided with Laconia Bike Week and came just a couple weeks after the recent Memorial Day checkpoint. It is our understating that CBP intends to conduct more checkpoints in New Hampshire – possibly 4 – over the remainder of this year. For a state that prides itself on being welcoming to all, these checkpoints tell a very different story, one of discrimination and dismissal of our constitutional rights and values.