Is there any risk of getting caught by immigration when you travel on greyhound bus?

Question

my friend is 21 and she was brought here when she was 16 by her parents, she is illegal at the moment, she lives in LA, california, and she wants to move to atlanta, georgia. she wants to take the greyhound bus to travel, but she is very concerned about if there is going to be any risk on gettin caught by immigration, my question is are there any checkpoints that check ppl for any proof of being citizen, mostly of the stops that makes the bus are right in tx,

EL PASO, TX

VAN HORN, TX

PECOS, TX

ODESSA, TX

MIDLAND, TX

BIG SPRING, TX

SWEETWATER, TX

ABILENE, TX

WEATHERFORD, TX

FT WORTH, TX

DALLAS, TX

DALLAS, TX

MESQUITE, TX

TERRELL, TX

TYLER, TX

KILGORE, TX

LONGVIEW, TX

MARSHALL, TX

is there any risk for checkpoints on these cities???

somebody that have traveled the same places can tell me plz??

i would really appreciate if u guys could help me with this.

Answer 1

Yes. There is always a risk of being caught by immigration.

The Border Patrol is allowed to set up roadblocks as far as 100 miles from any national border, and it operates 33 permanent and numerous other "tactical" or movable checkpoints on the Mexican and Canadian frontiers. In the Southwest, checkpoints are typically found on California's north-south I-5, numerous small highways near Mexico, such as Arizona's Highway 86, and along I-10 between Tucson and El Paso, Texas. The Border Patrol sometimes puts up movable checkpoints on I-10 between Phoenix and Los Angeles, but it's rare to encounter one.

There was a checkpoint on the Arizonz/Cali state line. Not sure if it is still there, but I'm guessing that it is. The bus is definitely NOT exempt at a checkpoint. If anything, it will searched more thoroughly than an average vehicle.

Answer 2

Yes there is risk and your friend seriously needs to make things right and legally apply for citzenship or status for the United States.