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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2980789" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>If you live between Seattle and San Diego. Or Portland, Maine and South Florida. Or anywhere else in-between then listen carefully.</p><p></p><p>Here’s what’s happening behind the headlines.</p><p></p><p>In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/crcl-border-search-impact-assessment_01-29-13_1.pdf" target="_blank">announced</a> it has the authority to seize and search personal electronic devices along border areas: laptops, tablets, smart phones, cameras, CDs, DVDs. Anything that stores data.</p><p></p><p><em>[DHS claimed authority to seize devices from anyone traveling near the border. And download any information contained. No warrant. No probable cause. Nor even suspicion a crime may have been committed. It can do it to anyone. Anytime. For any reason. Or no reason at all.]</em></p><p></p><p>DHS said it can do this in the name of national security.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>[Details on how the Customs & Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will implement the seizure policy are detailed </em><a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cbp_directive_3340-049.pdf" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cbp_directive_3340-049.pdf" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.]</em></p><p></p><p><em>[The Obama Administration announced the new policy in August 2009 but delayed full implementation until after the DHS’s internal civil rights/civil liberties </em><a href="http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/crcl-border-search-impact-assessment_01-29-13_1.pdf" target="_blank"><em>impact assessment</em></a><em> was completed. This assessment was posted online on January 29, 2013.]</em></p><p></p><p>It gets worse. The government argues the border area <a href="http://www.aclu.org/constitution-free-zone-map" target="_blank">extends 100 miles</a> into the U.S. Not just along Canada and Mexico. Even the coastlines.</p><p></p><p>Two of every three — or about 190 million — Americans live here.</p><p></p><p><em>[Nearly one-half of the U.S. population </em><a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html" target="_blank"><em>lives within 50 miles</em></a><em> of the two coasts.]</em></p><p></p><p>Historically, the courts have given wide latitude to Border Patrol agents arguing their <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_privacy_issues_border_searches_electronic_devices.pdf" target="_blank">border crossing inspections</a> don’t violate the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment.</p><p></p><p>But that was in the context of searching luggage and vehicles at border crossing points.</p><p></p><p>Three years ago, the Supreme Court <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/13-132/opinion3.html" target="_blank">ruled</a> that cell phones may not be searched without a warrant.</p><p></p><p>Border agents are <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/02/13/can-federal-agents-detain-citizens-at-border-checkpoints-until-they-disclose-their-smartphone-passcodes/?utm_term=.84df444a2cb1" target="_blank">demanding</a> American and foreign travelers hand-over cell phone passwords. Device seizures have <a href="https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017" target="_blank">increased dramatically</a> in recent years.</p><p></p><p>This is setting up a <a href="https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-kolsuz" target="_blank">showdown</a> in the courts.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://behindtheheadlines.net/42017-border-seizures/" target="_blank">http://behindtheheadlines.net/42017-border-seizures/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2980789, member: 5412"] If you live between Seattle and San Diego. Or Portland, Maine and South Florida. Or anywhere else in-between then listen carefully. Here’s what’s happening behind the headlines. In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security [URL='http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/crcl-border-search-impact-assessment_01-29-13_1.pdf']announced[/URL] it has the authority to seize and search personal electronic devices along border areas: laptops, tablets, smart phones, cameras, CDs, DVDs. Anything that stores data. [I][DHS claimed authority to seize devices from anyone traveling near the border. And download any information contained. No warrant. No probable cause. Nor even suspicion a crime may have been committed. It can do it to anyone. Anytime. For any reason. Or no reason at all.][/I] DHS said it can do this in the name of national security. [I][Details on how the Customs & Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will implement the seizure policy are detailed [/I][URL='http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cbp_directive_3340-049.pdf'][I]here[/I][/URL][I] and [/I][URL='http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cbp_directive_3340-049.pdf'][I]here[/I][/URL][I].][/I] [I][The Obama Administration announced the new policy in August 2009 but delayed full implementation until after the DHS’s internal civil rights/civil liberties [/I][URL='http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/crcl-border-search-impact-assessment_01-29-13_1.pdf'][I]impact assessment[/I][/URL][I] was completed. This assessment was posted online on January 29, 2013.][/I] It gets worse. The government argues the border area [URL='http://www.aclu.org/constitution-free-zone-map']extends 100 miles[/URL] into the U.S. Not just along Canada and Mexico. Even the coastlines. Two of every three — or about 190 million — Americans live here. [I][Nearly one-half of the U.S. population [/I][URL='http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html'][I]lives within 50 miles[/I][/URL][I] of the two coasts.][/I] Historically, the courts have given wide latitude to Border Patrol agents arguing their [URL='http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_privacy_issues_border_searches_electronic_devices.pdf']border crossing inspections[/URL] don’t violate the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. But that was in the context of searching luggage and vehicles at border crossing points. Three years ago, the Supreme Court [URL='https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/13-132/opinion3.html']ruled[/URL] that cell phones may not be searched without a warrant. Border agents are [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/02/13/can-federal-agents-detain-citizens-at-border-checkpoints-until-they-disclose-their-smartphone-passcodes/?utm_term=.84df444a2cb1']demanding[/URL] American and foreign travelers hand-over cell phone passwords. Device seizures have [URL='https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017']increased dramatically[/URL] in recent years. This is setting up a [URL='https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-kolsuz']showdown[/URL] in the courts. [URL]http://behindtheheadlines.net/42017-border-seizures/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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