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DetroitLegalBeagle

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4. The Great Lakes around Michigan are treated as a single body of water

Reply to boonecreek (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 04:13 PM

Oct 8

As far as the enforcement zone is concerned. This isn't new. The justification has always been that a boat can travel from Canada to anywhere on the shores of Lake Michigan without stopping at any controlled access point.

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The Feds are justifying Border Patrol in Chicago (required to operate within 100 mi. of a border) by saying the shore of [View all] Sogo Oct 8 OP

For them, any bald-faced LIE will do. B.See Oct 8 #1

Why? Mad_Machine76 Oct 8 #2

Hell no... Moostache Oct 8 #8

I forgot to put this: Mad_Machine76 Oct 8 #15

Geography not their strong point. boonecreek Oct 8 #3

The Great Lakes around Michigan are treated as a single body of water DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 8 #4

Weak sauce, really -- they should have claimed airports as border, thus justifying invasion of any major city at will 0rganism Oct 8 #5

Don't give them any ideas! LOL! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 8 #11

So weird that they'd miss it 0rganism Oct 8 #16

The CBP's 100-mile zone starts at the boundary of the lakes. I'm almost positive there was a court case about this but WhiskeyGrinder Oct 8 #6

Da fuck are ya talkin'? I saw this gub'mint guy on Fox and he had a map of the Great Lakes region and he had 3Hotdogs Oct 8 #7

Portland, Oregon is more than a 100 miles from the border too. Botany Oct 8 #9

no, the entire US coastline is considered a border, so Portalnd is within the 100 mile zone. Celerity Oct 8 #14

Next thing you know Trump will want to rename it The Great Trump Lake. flashman13 Oct 8 #10

Per the ACLU eggplant Oct 8 #12

The Great Lakes are counted as one body of water. Celerity Oct 8 #13

Most of the Magats probably believe that Lake Michigan borders with Canada... Jack Valentino Oct 8 #17