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Old Jan 29, 2018, 7:56 pm
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TWA884
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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
Apparently not, because the CBP website is full of these kinds of "big catches". I'm all for drug interdiction but I care about our constitution and rule of law a heck of a lot more.
Such searches and seizures are illegal if bringing and using the dogs prolongs the detention beyond the time reasonably necessary to determine citizenship or legal status. Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 1609 (2015)
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