The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit challenging the warrantless search of smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices at the border as being unconstitutional. The case, Alasaad v. Duke, was filed on behalf of 11 travelers whose devices were searched without a warrant at the U.S. border and challenges policies from 2009 that allow officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to search devices without a warrant. According to CBP data, such searches are reportedly undergoing a significant spike in frequency.
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