Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion
L: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-government-was-entitled-trumps-border-agents-can-now-search-cellphones-without-a-warrant-probable-cause-or-reasonable-suspicion-2nd-circuit-rules/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758028
posted on 2026.09.18 at 14:08:32 (c=0, p=3)
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