We the undersigned Citizens of the United States do hereby petition the Federal Government of the United States to close all Border Patrol checkpoints which are posted on public roads and which impede the rights of Citizens to travel free of encumbrance.

These checkpoints constitute illegal searches on citizens in direct violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.

In addition the checkpoints violate the freedom of citizens to travel free of molestation as is guaranteed under the Privileges and Immunities clause of the Constitution.

The Border Patrol Officers who man these checkpoints do routinely violate the rights of Citizens by using intimidation to attempt to force Citizens to submit to questioning which is in direct violation of their 5th Amendment rights.

Refusal to answer questions posed by Officers is viewed by officers as cause for illegal vehicle searches against the will and in direct violation of the 4th Amendment Rights of Citizens.

These checkpoints constitute a clear usurpation of power never intended when an agency to patrol the borders of the United States was instituted.

We the undersigned do hereby therefore file our grievance with the Federal Government of the United States and do petition the Government to close all Border Patrol Checkpoints not located directly on the border of the United States and to cease and desist in the violation of the rights of Citizens to travel freely and to recognize and respect Citizens’ rights to refuse to be illegally interrogated by Federal Officers without probable cause.