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Bill would stop warrantless border device searches of US citizens
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| Last Edited | RP Apr 04, 2017 04:25pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Tal Kopan |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 4, 2017 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A new bipartisan bill would prevent Americans' electronic devices from being searched at the border without a warrant, a response to an increase in such electronic searches.
The bill was introduced Tuesday by a pair of Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate. Privacy hawks Sens. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, introduced it in the Senate, and Reps. Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, and Blake Farenthold, a Republican from Texas, sponsored it in the House.
The bill would require a warrant before agents could search Americans' phones, laptops and other devices at entries to the US, including airports and border crossings.
"Americans' constitutional rights shouldn't disappear at the border," Wyden said in a statement. |
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