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" (...) According to the officials with the ACLU and Border Action Network, communities along the border reporting they feel they are treated with suspicion by CBP and subjected to unjustified searches and verbal and physical abuse.(...) Border Patrol officials released this statement in regard to these checkpoints: Checkpoints are an effective and essential component of the Border Patrol’s strategy. These checkpoints are critical to our patrol efforts for they deny major routes of egress from the border region to smugglers intent on delivering people, drugs, and other contraband into the interior of the United States. The Border Patrol carefully selects checkpoint locations to maximize border enforcement and continuously evaluates our operations to ensure they are effective and do not pose undo impact to law abiding citizens. In addition, we are dedicated to continued meetings with local representatives and community members of Arivaca, Green Valley and Tubac to address their concerns. Our agents will continue to diligently protect and secure America’s borders by accomplishing our mission within the context of the U.S. search and seizure laws and the judicial decisions that regulate checkpoint operations, such as INA 287 and U.S. vs. Martinez-Fuerte among others. In the Tucson Sector, checkpoints remain a critical piece of infrastructure and a highly effective tool in our enforcement efforts to secure our nation’s borders. From FY2010 through FY2013, Tucson Sector checkpoints have made approximately 6,372 apprehensions and seized over 135,000 pounds of narcotics. The Arivaca-Amado checkpoint has been in operation for approximately seven years and there are no current plans to alter checkpoint operations in that location. Tucson Sector continues to welcome and encourage comments from all of our community members regarding Border Patrol operations." http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/25975256/protests-against-checkpoints-residents-consider-unnecessary