Homeland Security diverts all traffic from a New Mexico interstate highway into sheds where agents ask, “Are you an American citizen?” I drove through this border check when I was recently heading west on Interstate 10 between Las Cruces and Deming, New Mexico.
The border agent took me at my word that I am indeed a U.S. citizen. The agent didn’t ask to see my drivers’ license. Apparently, she profiled me as an Anglo, not a Latino. It was unlikely, it would seem, that I was an alien without papers.
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