“Leaving aside border checkpoints, immigration officers have power to consensually question anyone, just like a police officer does; but to detain someone even briefly they require individualized suspicion that the person is violating the immigration laws,” UCLA’s Arulanantham says. (Professor from Practice
Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law & Policy)
He did not detain, search or initiate any seizure at first. Her car was already stopped and sitting there, (edit: he didn’t pull her over). He did not order her to move or anything like that. She did not seem under the impression that she was detained in the short video we have (edit: and she even thought she was able to leave when she was being detained). He did not block her from leaving. I’m not even sure he said a single word to her at first given the video’s we have.
It’s only after the 2nd vehicle arrives ~30 seconds later that it becomes a detainment.
Edit: just in case you’re going to try and continue this traffic stop stuff and no authority. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC STOP AT THE START. SHE WAS NOT DETAINED AT THE START. THAT WAS A VOLUNTARY CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER AT THE START.
Yes, any law enforcement officer, can have a consensual conversion with anyone, and both my links support that. That does not make it a Gestapo.
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“Leaving aside border checkpoints, immigration officers have power to consensually question anyone, just like a police officer does; but to detain someone even briefly they require individualized suspicion that the person is violating the immigration laws,” UCLA’s Arulanantham says. (Professor from Practice Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law & Policy)
He did not detain, search or initiate any seizure at first. Her car was already stopped and sitting there, (edit: he didn’t pull her over). He did not order her to move or anything like that. She did not seem under the impression that she was detained in the short video we have (edit: and she even thought she was able to leave when she was being detained). He did not block her from leaving. I’m not even sure he said a single word to her at first given the video’s we have.
It’s only after the 2nd vehicle arrives ~30 seconds later that it becomes a detainment.
Edit: just in case you’re going to try and continue this traffic stop stuff and no authority. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC STOP AT THE START. SHE WAS NOT DETAINED AT THE START. THAT WAS A VOLUNTARY CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER AT THE START.