Primary Purpose of DHS Checkpoints Revealed

While traveling back from a remote worksite on the afternoon of Thursday January 20, 2011 along SR86 in Southern Arizona, I had an experience at the Homeland Security checkpoint located near mile marker 147 that pretty much summed up many of my encounters at this internal suspicionless checkpoint over the past few years.

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As I was coming to a stop at the checkpoint, the resident K-9 handler recognized me and yelled out the following warning to his fellow agents:

“It’s that guy, guys”

Having been duly warned, the Border Patrol agent who appeared to be in training at the primary stop location asked in response:

“What do we usually do? Just f_ck with him?”

Although I couldn’t quite make out what was said, one of the other agents ran up to the back of my vehicle and told the agent at primary to essentially wave me through. The agent at primary turned his attention back to me and with a dismissive gesture stated:

“All right…get out! Go ahead!”