

First Amendment Rights at the Gates of the United States of America
The Issue
US Customs and Border Protection bans Photojournalists from filming and photographing at US Ports of Entry claiming a Constitutional exemption using their interpretation of 41 CFR 102-74.420
§ 102-74.420 What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising or commercial purposes?
Except where security regulations, rules, orders, or directives apply or a Federal court order or rule prohibits it, persons entering in or on Federal property may take photographs of—
(a) Space occupied by a tenant agency for non-commercial purposes only with the permission of the occupying agency concerned;
(b) Space occupied by a tenant agency for commercial purposes only with written permission of an authorized official of the occupying agency concerned; and
(c) Building entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums for news purposes.
The time is now to stand for the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution rather than letting it lie like a flag burning at the gates to our Country as if we don't own it.
We the people of the United States of America in service to all countries and to ourselves deserve a welcome mat at the doorstep to our homeland rather than a stop sign to turn stomachs off to the true beliefs we fight for around the world.
I beg, I command, I order all to rise with the United States of America in support of the First Amendment to the US Constitution and allow photojournalists to conduct business at every port of entry to our land without prior written permission.

The Issue
US Customs and Border Protection bans Photojournalists from filming and photographing at US Ports of Entry claiming a Constitutional exemption using their interpretation of 41 CFR 102-74.420
§ 102-74.420 What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising or commercial purposes?
Except where security regulations, rules, orders, or directives apply or a Federal court order or rule prohibits it, persons entering in or on Federal property may take photographs of—
(a) Space occupied by a tenant agency for non-commercial purposes only with the permission of the occupying agency concerned;
(b) Space occupied by a tenant agency for commercial purposes only with written permission of an authorized official of the occupying agency concerned; and
(c) Building entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums for news purposes.
The time is now to stand for the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution rather than letting it lie like a flag burning at the gates to our Country as if we don't own it.
We the people of the United States of America in service to all countries and to ourselves deserve a welcome mat at the doorstep to our homeland rather than a stop sign to turn stomachs off to the true beliefs we fight for around the world.
I beg, I command, I order all to rise with the United States of America in support of the First Amendment to the US Constitution and allow photojournalists to conduct business at every port of entry to our land without prior written permission.

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Petition created on June 18, 2016
