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Unfortunately, "the border", as defined in US customs law, extends 100 miles inland from the coast. That covers the entire urbanized eastern and western seaboards, or 2/3 of the US population.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
Holy shit. If I'm mathing correctly, that's like 12% of the entire land mass of the contiguous US.
And also where most of the people live.
It's also where a majority of the population lives.
They've also been trying to claim that international airports are "external boundaries", and that their power extends 100 out from there. So even "safe" places like, say, Denver or Indianapolis or St. Louis wouldn't be safe if they have their way.
Talk about overreach.
And into most of Canada :)