Federal law enforcement has long asserted broad latitude to search travelers’ electronic devices at the border without a warrant or suspicion of criminal activity — a power that’s been used to target ...

Border phone searches are in the news a lot lately. Last month, a French scientist was allegedly blocked from coming to a conference in Houston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found ...

Multiple local police agencies were involved in responding to an arrest and later escape of an individual from U.S. Customs ...

With evolving enforcement priorities and heightened scrutiny at ports of entry, travelers arriving in or departing from the United States may encounter increased inspections of personal electronic ...

This post was originally posted on March 14, 2017 and updated on March 21, 2025. The government has long claimed that Fourth Amendment protections prohibiting warrantless searches don’t apply at the ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers don’t need a warrant to search your electronic devices when you enter the country — even for U.S. citizens. In an age where the data of an entire life can ...

Employees traveling internationally on behalf of an organization must take steps to protect sensitive, confidential, or proprietary data carried on electronic devices. U.S. Customs and Border ...

Over the weekend, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office helped Canadian authorities search for a missing man near the U.S.-Canadian border.