Customs and Border Protection, Electronic Devices, Immigration Reform

Immigration Summer Travel Caution & Checklist

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 8/8/2025

Due to the changing political situation in the United States and throughout the world there is a moderate level of risk with return to the U.S. following international travel at this time. We strongly advise all nonimmigrant...more

Will CBP Search Your Employee’s Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/30/2024

Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a port of entry, as are expectations of...more

Immigration Fact and Fiction for the U.S. Employer: More on CBP Searching Electronic Devices – What is Left of the Fourth...

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 4/10/2017

As mentioned in a prior blog post, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can conduct searches of individuals departing the United States, a fact that many are not aware of. In fact, the rule that failure to declare...more

Customs and Border Protection › Electronic Devices › Immigration Reform

Immigration Summer Travel Caution & Checklist

Will CBP Search Your Employee’s Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

Immigration Fact and Fiction for the U.S. Employer: More on CBP Searching Electronic Devices – What is Left of the Fourth...

On the Border: Lawmakers Seek to End Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices by Border Authorities

FAQs for Entering the U.S.—Entry Inspection and Electronic Devices

Immigration Fact or Fiction for the U.S. Employer: CBP Searching Electronic Devices – A New Thing?

Customs and Border Protection › Electronic Devices › Immigration Reform

Immigration Summer Travel Caution & Checklist

Will CBP Search Your Employee’s Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

Immigration Fact and Fiction for the U.S. Employer: More on CBP Searching Electronic Devices – What is Left of the Fourth...

On the Border: Lawmakers Seek to End Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices by Border Authorities

FAQs for Entering the U.S.—Entry Inspection and Electronic Devices

Immigration Fact or Fiction for the U.S. Employer: CBP Searching Electronic Devices – A New Thing?

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