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billofprivilege commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA    · Posted by u/proberts
willsmith72 · 2 years ago
They can search your phone? Do they need cause?
billofprivilege · 2 years ago
In the US the Bill of Rights and most other things only apply to citizens (and maybe lawful residents).

CBP agents have broader authority to conduct searches of non-citizens and their belongings at ports of entry without a warrant, including devices like laptops and phones, to determine admissibility to the United States. Searches of citizens generally require a higher standard of suspicion or a warrant.

In the past, someone has taken a flight between Canada and Mexico while under suspicion of the US authorities, and the plane was forced to land and the person forcefully detained, just because they entered US airspace.

Just losing your ESTA over weed (federally a schedule 1 narcotic) is a fairly small punishment considering the CBP enforces federal law.

u/billofprivilege

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