![]() The nearest US-Mexico border crossing is at Laredo. Advertisementįurther Reading Building America’s Trust Act would amp up privacy concerns at the borderPalacios' ranch is situated at the 35-mile marker due north from Laredo, along Interstate 35, just three miles south of the small town of Encinal. This federal lawsuit has raised thorny questions about the limits of the government's power to conduct surveillance-in the name of border security-on private property, without the landowner's permission. The camera now remains in Palacios' attorneys' possession while they are attempting to ask the case's judge to allow them to formally introduce it as evidence. "To have put him in jail would have been-forget the indecency of it-what a way to end a career." "My client is 74 years old, he's a lawyer, been practicing for almost 50 years, he has no criminal history whatsoever, law-abiding citizen, respected lawyer and senior citizen," Raul Casso, one of the attorneys representing Palacios, told Ars. Palacios accused them of trespass and of violating his constitutional rights. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was tired of agents routinely trespassing on his land, and, even after complaining several times, he was frustrated that his grievances were not being heard.Īs a possible way to ward off the threat of arrest, he sued the two agencies, along with a named CPB agent, Mario Martinez. Palacios, who had run-ins with local CBP agents going back several years, took the camera as the last straw. Palacios refused, and they threatened him with arrest. Each agency claimed the camera as its own and demanded that it be returned. Soon after, Palacios received phone calls from Customs and Border Protection officials and the Texas Rangers. Not knowing what it was or how it got there, Ricardo Palacios removed it. The camera was encased in green plastic and had a transmitting antenna. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Further Reading Remember the artist whose iPhone was searched at border? He’s suing the fedsLast November, a 74-year-old rancher and attorney was walking around his ranch just south of Encinal, Texas, when he happened upon a small portable camera strapped approximately eight feet high onto a mesquite tree near his son's home. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).
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