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Article: Driving while Mexican: why the Supreme Court must reexamine United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873 (1975).
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- Houston Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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I. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, Congress and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice have made prosecution of illegal aliens and immigration offenses in the southwestern United States a top priority.(1) Since 1994, there has been nearly a 100 percent increase in the number of Border Patrol agents manning the Mexican border.(2) Roving border patrols--Border Patrol agents in marked Border Patrol vehicles--roam the roadways of the Southwestern United States stopping vehicles that the agents suspect contain illegal aliens.(3)
However, the states along the Mexican border--Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas--also have a ...