{"id":686328,"date":"2025-08-21T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/device-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-record-high-new-data-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:05:13","slug":"device-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-record-high-new-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/device-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-record-high-new-data-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Device searches at the US border hit record high, new data shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. border agents searched more electronic devices during a three-month period than ever before, according to new government statistics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/travel\/cbp-search-authority\/border-search-electronic-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">data shows<\/a> that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency tasked with immigration screening at the U.S. border, searched 14,899 devices of international <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers between April through June, a 17% rise on the previous record high recorded in early 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of these searches are \u201cbasic,\u201d where U.S. border agents demand the password to the traveler\u2019s device and look through its contents without using equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While citizens cannot be denied entry to the U.S., their devices can be seized indefinitely for refusing a device search. 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