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Trump deployed border agents to Portland and Seattle. This map shows where they are legally allowed to operate.

Trump deployed border agents to Portland and Seattle. This map shows where they are legally allowed to operate.

Ashley Collman

President Donald Trump ordered Customs and Border Protection agents to Portland and Seattle last month to quell unrest in those cities.
This may have come as a surprise as the CBP is mostly known for policing US land borders, especially near Mexico.
CBP agents are actually allowed to operate anywhere within 100 air miles of America's borders with Mexico and Canada, as well as the entire coastline.
This 100-mile area encompasses big cities like Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles.
The zone includes every state that voted Democratic in the 2016 presidential election, with the exception of Colorado and Nevada — the only blue states outside the zone.
The ACLU has published information so that people who live within this zone — which make up two-thirds of the US population — know their rights when interacting with CBP agents.
See the map below.