customs and border patrol

  • US Border Agents Can Search Your Cellphone; New Senate Bill Would Require Warrant 1st

    The Department of Homeland Security has reported that searches of cellphones by border agents increased fivefold in just one year, and despite protections under the Fourth Amendment against unlawful search and seizure, the practice is completely legal. Searches of cellphones increased from fewer than 5,000 in 2015 to nearly 25,000 in 2016, and according to…