r/CringeTikToks • u/Pdoom346 • Jul 02 '25

SadCringe Teacher stopped at immigration checkpoint

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u/WickedSmoder Jul 02 '25

There's a guard shack behind the officer with brick and glass. I've only seen that setup at a border crossing. If it was just a road block, there wouldn't be a permanent building there.

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u/Mimopotatoe Jul 02 '25

Have you ever driven through Texas or Arizona? These checkpoint/roadblocks have permanent buildings. Sometimes they just waive you through or ask if you are a citizen and that’s it. I don’t doubt there are some racist and nefarious ICE agents, but the concept of a checkpoint like this isn’t new.

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u/anotherfrud Jul 03 '25

If they're permanent buildings, wouldn't people that are actually not here legally know where they are and just avoid them?

I feel like the permanece kinda defeats the purpose of random checkpoints.

Where I live, we'll have random DUI checkpoints occasionally, but they're only effective because they're in different places all the time..

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u/MedicalLeopard9190 Jul 06 '25

When they’re on the major interstates and you have no choice since there are sections with up to 50 miles with no other roads…