Controversial Australian Border Force visa checks, Operation Fortitude cancelled

"A major policing operation planned for Melbourne's CBD this weekend has been cancelled after a backlash over plans to include Australian Border Force (ABF) officials in the crackdown."

How embarrassing.  The Australian #BorderForce have cancelled their plans to stop random people and check their visa statuses in Melbourne tonight and tomorrow night, after protests build to a huge level. 

This is an excellent result and stands firm against racial profiling (despite the fact the ABF stated it would not be about racial profiling).

Migration Alliance arranged a protest called #OperationForceBack to encourage Australians to stand firm in the face of the ABF.  Our protest was broadcast across digital media.  Eugenia Anang, an Immigration Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent is due to speak on ABC TV in Sydney in the next few minutes on behalf of Migration Alliance.

We don't trust Border Force.  Next time they won't announce it.  They will just do it. 

If you see Border Force doing something that you don't like on any street in any city of Australia, get your phone out and start filming them.  It is not illegal to film Border Force officers on a public street. 

Perhaps its time for a Bill of Rights so that ordinary Australians aren't intimidated by heavy-handed government.