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Old Mar 14, 2017, 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by jphripjah
If you bring the device through the border, CBP can search it. If CBP arrests you at the border, they can still search your device. You don't get greater rights if you're arrested at the border.
If a person is arrested at the border, they have some rights applicable that weren't applicable prior to being arrested at the border.

The more extreme CBP goes, the more likely there will be opportunities for the government to see its power formally limited due to abuse of border crossing Americans getting to the courts.

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