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> Trump seating in the oval office has nothing to do with how CBP is behaving. Highly doubtful. Practically as soon as the Trump administration came in, they f
by dctoedt 7y ago
> Trump seating in the oval office has nothing to do with how CBP is behaving.
Highly doubtful. Practically as soon as the Trump administration came in, they fired the outsider police- and FBI veteran that the Obama administration had brought on to head up the CBP and change its insular- and overly-confrontational culture. The fired outsider was strongly opposed by the border-guards union, which, surprise, had prominently endorsed Trump's candidacy because of his emphasis on border security during the campaign. [0]
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/border-patrol-chief-resigns-after-clashing-with-powerful-union/2017/01/26/23025c3e-e3f1-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/borde... (scan down toward the end of the article)
- bonestamp2 7y agoI agree that Trump has influence on CBP, but it's still true that warrantless searches of laptops and phones predate Trump (and Obama). It's not just the US either, I had my laptop searched returning to Canada once. I get that it's in the name of security, but the violation of privacy without any evidence to warrant it, is indecent and dehumanizing. One difference though, Canadian Customs didn't say I wouldn't be allowed to enter the country (I am a Canadian citizen after all). They just said my laptop wouldn't be allowed to enter. I suspect the same is true for the author. Even if they said he wouldn't be allowed to enter, I don't believe that's consistent with US law.