Howard Wesley Cotterman is an unlikely hero. In fact, most folks would find the convicted child molester to be scum-sucking human detritus. But if you frequently cross the U.S.-Mexico border toting ...

The cash seized by border officers at the Calexico Port of Entry. Photo credit: Courtesy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border officers at a nearby Port of Entry intercepted $756,980 in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has ruled that the government’s search of a traveling businessman’s laptop at the California border was unreasonable and violated his privacy. In an opinion posted ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For six days, a man we’ll call Martín walked across a remote stretch of the Sonoran ...

U.S. law has long provided a border search exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant or probable cause requirement, allowing federal agents to search people, and their electronic devices, at border ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There have been reports of people being turned away at airports and border crossings over messages found on their phones and laptops. "Customs and Border protection can ask you to turn ...

While travelers’ electronic devices can be subject to search at U.S. ports of entry, individuals do have the right to refuse certain procedures Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers can search ...