There are checkpoints a hundred miles from the border in many states and several videos of people suffering horrible results when they refuse searches at these checkpoints.
The TSA also routinely performs searches far from the border with their VIPR team. (because someone might drive a train into a building? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Intermodal_Prevention_a... )
Here's a story from January 2013 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay...
The most alarming part is how the "news" is now seemingly okay with all this.
There are checkpoints a hundred miles from the border in many states and several videos of people suffering horrible results when they refuse searches at these checkpoints.
The TSA also routinely performs searches far from the border with their VIPR team. (because someone might drive a train into a building? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Intermodal_Prevention_a... )