customs and border protection
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U.S. Government Privacy Watchdog Asked to Investigate Surveillance of Black Lives Matter
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the U.S. government’s privacy and civil liberties watchdog to launch an investigation into claims of government surveillance at protests against police violence and racial inequality spurred this year by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
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U.S. Border Patrol Tried to Get Free Wall From We Build the Wall, Whose Leaders Are Facing Charges
Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Border Patrol considered accepting sections of privately constructed U.S.-Mexico border wall from We Build the Wall, the GoFundMe-launched project whose leadership is now facing federal indictments.
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We Mapped Where Customs and Border Protection Drones Are Flying in the U.S. and Beyond
In 2011, Rodney Brossart, a cattle rancher from Lakota, North Dakota was accused of stealing six cows. The cows, he said, simply wandered on to his 1,214 ha farm, and by his estimation, they, therefore, belonged to him. When the cops came, he and his family were prepared. Armed with high power rifles, they engaged…
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Court Rules That U.S. Border Agents Need Probable Cause To Search Travellers’ Phones
A U.S. federal court in Boston ruled on Tuesday that suspicionless searches of electronics at U.S. border crossings are unconstitutional, finding that reasonable suspicion of an actual crime is required before authorities can demand access to phones and other devices.