Originally Posted by
n4zhg
The problem is that you are not officially in the country until ICE admits that you are a citizen and/or allowed to enter.
Refuse to give up your passphrase, and they can easily say, "Fine, you are an illegal immigrant, you will be deported to point of origin." And yes, this has been done. ICE doesn't have to honor your US Passport. Or any other passport or visa for that matter.
Link? I'm going to need to see some proof of that before I believe that. It's one thing to turn away a foreigner, but that's apples and oranges.
When I was a govie, they beat into our heads that the Constitution still applies to US citizens no matter where they were in the world.
The 4th amendment has been gutted at the border, but it still applies to some degree. Judge Neidermeier showed that the 5th amendment still applies.
ICE can try to stonewall you, but they ultimately have to let you in as a US citizen.