U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are increasingly searching electronic devices of travelers entering the country.
A growing number of legal U.S. residents and visa holders are being detained or deported after border agents inspect their ...
Rasha Alawieh, a kidney doctor with Brown Medicine, was deported last week after being detained at Logan Airport.
Agents had barred a French researcher from entering the country following messages criticizing President Donald Trump.
She was returning from visiting family back home when officers found photos and videos on her cell ... protect border security," according to the CBP website. "Any traveler entering the U.S ...
Could Alawieh have denied CBP access to her phone? In an affidavit, a CBP officer reported asking Alawieh about photos found on her phone of Nasrallah and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
Officers discovered photos and videos on her cellphone related to Hezbollah. As a result, her visa was canceled, and she was deported back to Lebanon. According to the CBP website, these searches ...
Yisroel Liebb has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines over claims that he was forcibly pulled out of a plane loo by the ...
With Border Patrol increasing phone and social media searches that have led to barred entry, immigration advocates are ...
A passenger has sued a United Airlines pilot for allegedly removing him from an aeroplane bathroom mid-flight, exposing his ...
Immigration officers can legally inspect electronic devices ... the fact that they might give you a hard time,” Amiri said. CBP claims searches are rare. Less than 0.01% of arriving ...
Customs and Border Protection has stated that its officers do not do searches while network connections are enabled. But in ...