Phone searches at the US border are at record levels – and your rights are unclear<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out a record number of phone searches of travelers arriving at, or returning to, the US in the last quarter.</p>
<p>The legal position on these <a href="
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Phone searches at the US border are at record levels – and your rights are unclear
