And so, you're saying that that I don't have any authority to do what? Uh like uh grab grab my gun or or seize my car for anything, you know, I have my own rights. You want to show me the law? Yeah, go ahead. I know it. >> We just got to make sure that it's not a stolen weapon. It's not a stolen weapon. I wouldn't have it if it's a stolen weapon. It wouldn't be how it is if it's a stolen weapon. Do you understand where I'm coming from? Okay, so I'm not allowed to ask you immigration questions? >> You could ask me all you want. I don't have to answer you. That's the thing. I don't answer questions. In this video, an 18-year-old stood surrounded as Border Patrol agents closed in from every side, acting like he had already done something wrong. They pressed him for ID, even though they never gave a lawful reason, and he calmly stated he had a legal firearm in the trunk right from the start. Instead of acknowledging that transparency, the officers escalated. They blocked him from leaving, pushed him toward secondary, and even took pictures of his license plate and firearm without any cause to seize or inspect his property. And they shifted their answers every time he asked whether he was detained and kept leaning on authority they never proved they had, even when one officer leaned on his car or tried twisting his words. He pushed back by demanding a supervisor and reminding them everything was being recorded. They kept insisting he was the problem, but their own contradictions exposed how little authority they actually had. Watch how these officers cornered an 18-year-old then fell apart the moment he stood firm on his rights. Give me a second. Damn, my car is shaking really nasty, man. Oh, look. Here it is. Driver's license. All right. Well, I need it cuz I need to put you over here to the secondary. What So, I need to run your records right quick. What for? What for? Yeah. Have you been smoking or anything? No. Are you sure? I'm positive. Okay. I was like, let me just see your ID real quick. I I I I don't want to What's that? >> I don't want to show you my ID, sir. >> pull over here to the side. >> Yo, you want to close my trunk or You can pull over like that. Uh all right, I guess. What's going on, boss? Nothing, you, sir? Good, good. Can I lean here? Of course. Let me put it down for you, man. >> All right. That's all. What you headed to, boss? You mind talking to me? >> I already told him, yeah, I could talk to you. I'm I'm already told him I'm going to San Antonio, man. Mhm. And then he told me uh if I have anything in my trunk I was like, of course I have my firearm, you know? Mhm. And then uh I don't know. For for some reason he wanted to ask he asked me for my ID maybe to see if my driver's license maybe to see if I'm like old enough to, you know, have it with me. Okay. And uh Oh, he asked me for documentation also. And What kind of documentation did he ask you for? >> you if you know uh for my gun, I believe, if you know uh you're not supposed to uh ask any questions, you know? In regards to what? And and anything. I do not give you any any What's up? >> you were going to get it. I was like, I don't give you any searches or seizures for me for anything, you know? Yeah. >> I have my own rights, you know? But I don't I don't come to make you guys a hard day. I'm just going cuz my car is it's shaking really bad. I need to go fix it, man. And so, you're saying that that I don't have any authority to do what? Uh like uh grab grab my gun or or seize my car for anything, you know, I have my own rights. You want to show me the law? Yeah, go ahead. I know it. All right. Well, this is your little souvenir for you today. Yeah, go ahead. So, anyways, hey, man. Uh okay, so you said you were Where Where were you born? San Antonio, past Texas. San Antonio, past Texas? Yes, sir. All right. Do you have any documentation proving that you were born in the United States? Uh I have my driver's license. Your driver's license? >> Yeah, I have my driver's license and my passport No, I don't have to show you that, though. But but I'm just I'm like being straight up. I I I'm born in the United States, yeah, in El Paso, Texas, too. Well, can you prove that you were born in the United States? I don't have to prove that's the thing. Well, I have reason to believe that you weren't born in the United States. Well, I'm talking English, so therefore you don't have no reason. You're making it hard for yourself and me. Who Who is your Who's your Who's your supervisor? He's right here. All right. Can I talk to him, please? Yeah, he's going to call around your side. All right, please. Tell him. I don't give him no reason for him to to to take pictures, either. Look, he's taking pictures and my own property, man. My own property. Taking pictures of my own property. Hey, why are you taking pictures of my plates? Curious, why are you taking pictures of my plates? Why are you taking pictures of my plates? Oh, you come through all the time. >> And I'm my gun, yeah, and I'm real direct. Right? And and you pretty I'm pretty sure you know me. Hey, uh what's Whose rifle is that? It's mine, sir. It's mine. It's it's under my name and everything. See, they're making they're making me >> run the No, I I yes, I have I yeah, I do. Can we run it? No, you cannot run it. It's under mine. And and just because I'm 18 doesn't give you guys the right to do all this. Just how you guys have the right to bear arms, am I right? I have the right to bear >> pamphlets before? You haven't You haven't read the last couple pamphlets that we've given you? Oh, my god. Cuz the state's our authority to to run this checkpoint. This is not the first time we've had Of course. >> interaction >> but you don't you don't have the You don't have the right to go through my gun. >> time you seem to have a problem. No, I don't have a problem, man. No, I don't have a problem, man, you know? I mean, I told the guy, I don't know who stopped me. He He asked me for to if I had anything in the trunk. I was being direct. I told him I got my firearm. I don't have no reason to tell you guys why I have it for. Maybe I'm going to go clean it. Of course. We just got to make sure that it's not a stolen weapon. It's not a stolen weapon. I wouldn't have it if it's a stolen weapon. It wouldn't be how it is if it's a stolen weapon. Do you understand where I'm coming from? Okay. So, therefore I don't give you no authorization, sir. You know, and if you if I don't want to have a a big time here with you guys, you know, like I'm 18, man, you know, like come on, you know? And if you if you want to like because you're the law, if you want to go ahead and not do the rights how you're supposed to, go ahead. I'm already recording everything. Everything's going to be recorded. And if anything goes not the way it's supposed to go, I'll be showing it to to whatever Let's just >> to go? Uh cuz I've I've I've dealt with this before, you know? And you guys and you guys >> Huh? How is it supposed to go? Well, not supposed to, but look, I I'm passing >> it's supposed to go. >> I'm passing Well, I'm just trying to go out my way, man. Am I detained? Am I detained? Am I detained? >> show up, we ask immigration questions. You don't have to ask immigration questions. >> You don't have to ask no questions. That's the thing. >> I don't have to ask any questions? >> No, you don't have to. And by And by law, I can tell you I don't answer questions, man. Under INA 287A3, the law doesn't allow me to search and board or search your vehicle. >> you If you have probable cause you don't have no probable cause, man. >> probable cause to ask you for immigration? You see, you just switched it up on me now. Now you said that you For for you to search my car now have to you for you to ask questions. What do you want, man, for real? You're You're wasting my time and your time. What do you want? >> Prove that you were born in the United States. >> I don't need to show you proof. There There There you go. >> So, I'm not allowed to do my job now? >> Look, now you're being Can you get off my car now, please? What are you going to do? No, nothing. I just want to pick up my window a little bit. There you go. All right. I don't want you to lean on my car now. Just because you're being a little man, for real. I'm trying to go out I'm being Tell us that we are little or something like that, okay? Please don't cross the line. I have my freedom of speech. We are respecting you. We are respecting you. >> Look, I don't want to talk to you. I want to I want to talk to your to your supervisor. He's very The supervisor is there. Yeah, but I want to talk to him. He's not Look, he's not even doing anything. Okay, so I'm not allowed to ask you immigration questions? >> I already told you, man. You know what I mean? You could ask me all you want. I don't have to answer you. That's the thing. I don't answer questions. So, what do you want? Am I detained? I need probable cause You don't need probable cause. You don't need >> talk to you and make questions in regards to your immigration. No, you don't. I do need a probable cause or I do? You know, you You're just trying to switch it up on me, man. I already told you I want I want to talk to him. I don't want to talk to you. I want to talk to your supervisor, all right? Thank you. I won't talk to you no more. Well, listen. I need probable cause to ask you for your citizenship. Is that what you're telling me? No, you don't. All right. So, what is it that I need? >> need anything. I don't I don't have to answer my questions, man. I don't have to No, it's like me telling you, all right, let me see yours. Let me see that you're born from the United States. You don't have to identify I know my I know my rights, so therefore you guys are going to lose with me. Just Just so you guys know, you guys are going to lose with me. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Yeah, yeah, hold on. Don't talk to me cuz I don't want to talk to you. Are you saying that you don't have to identify [clears throat] yourself as an American citizen? I don't have to. I'm already talking English. Are you saying that only people that speak English you have to prove us that you are legally in the United States. >> No, cuz I've already passed and I've told I'm from the United States and they let me go. So, therefore Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have a lot of videos of me just saying I'm from the United States. Give me a second. Yeah, yeah, I don't want to talk to him. Get Get away from here. Get away from here. You're Look, you're touching my car. I didn't let you touch my car. >> Hey, brother. Okay, don't touch my car. No. Hey, big dog. Give me a second. Hey, he's touching my car and I'm not letting him touch my car. There you go. No touching Yeah, don't touch my car. Yeah, don't touch it because Thank you. Don't touch it, [ __ ] Stay there. I am going to stay here. I'm going. Is it all right if I close your your trunk? Of course it is, sir. Well, you said you didn't want anybody touching your Okay, I'm telling you of course it is, right? Well, I just want to make sure >> Of course it is. You could go ahead and close it, sir. You said that the firearm belongs to you? Of course it does, sir. And it's not stolen and it's registered in your name? Of course it is, sir. How about the car? Uh it's under my mom's name, sir. All right. Well, I gave you more information, all the information you need. So, next time you come [clears throat] through the checkpoint we won't have this difficulty. >> sir. I'll I'll I'll go I'll go ahead and go go read through this. Yes. >> Every Every time it seems we have a little bit of a difficulty here. I I try not to, but you know, you guys are I know. Sometimes you bring your buddies with you and Yeah, that's why I I remember one time Yeah, of course. >> Of course, yeah. That's how I say, you know, I'm I'm I'm I'm grown, man. I'm trying to, you know, I'm I'm I'm, you know, I'm just trying to go out my way, fix my car, and come on, you guys you know you know you know you know >> Fix your car or your mom's car? >> Well, my mom's car. What's wrong with it? It It has a check engine light and it's shaking really bad. I don't even know if I'll make it, but I'm going to go fix it. >> San Antonio? Yes, sir. All right. Thank you. The officers kept shifting their story, taking photos they had no cause to take, and blocking him from leaving. Yet nothing they tried broke his resolve. He stayed firm, asked the right questions, and exposed how their authority fell apart the moment he challenged their inconsistent answers. Their pressure never worked because their claims never held up.