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Poulomi Ghosh

US border agents can search any traveler's phone or laptop without a warrant; judges say it's like checking suitcases

Border agents do not require a search warrant to stop a traveler and go through their electronic items like phones and laptops, an appeals court panel has now ruled. They said the First Amendment does not create a separate requirement that officers obtain a warrant before examining information on a person's phone.

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