Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018
Customs officers searched an estimated 30,200 cellphones, computers and other electronic devices of people entering and leaving the United States last year, up 60 percent from 2016, according to Homeland Security Department data (NYT).
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s revised directive governing searches of travelers’ electronic devices at U.S. borders fails to resolve the constitutional concerns that many have raised, argues Carrie DeCell in Just Security.