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I feel like the author left out a giant caveat: there's a difference between going through CBP as a US citizen and as a non-citizen. Non-citizens can be bounced
by fuzzybeard 10y ago
I feel like the author left out a giant caveat: there's a difference between going through CBP as a US citizen and as a non-citizen. Non-citizens can be bounced back home whereas, as I understand it, they HAVE to allow a US citizen back into the states if he has a valid passport and isn't violating any laws.
- hackuser 10y agoThe EFF guides cover these questions; click the link.
- URSpider94 10y agoThey have to re-admit you if you are a citizen, but in the mean time, they can search your belongings, seize your devices, detain you for an arbitrary period of time without a phone call, and interrogate you. Oh, and add you to a watch list so you are detained every time you enter the country. In addition, there IS a law on the books that says that you must give reasonable assistance to CBP in conducting a search, or be subject to a fine and jail time. CBP construes this to mean that you must give them the encryption passwords to your devices. EFF and others disagree, but the matter has never been decided in court, in part because CBP drops the cases if they are challenged.