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Border Search of Immigration Lawyer's Phone Was Likely Unconstitutional Retaliation for Lawyer's Speech
Why it’s here: A federal court ruling on a warrantless border search of a lawyer's phone implicates Fourth and First Amendment limits on DHS/CBP/HSI investigative powers over digital devices, relevant to cybersecurity-adjacent digital privacy policy, though it is an opinion piece with a limited tech-policy hook.
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21h agoReasonBorder Search of Immigration Lawyer's Phone Was Likely Unconstitutional Retaliation for Lawyer's SpeechA Massachusetts federal judge in Lattarulo v. Mullin preliminarily enjoined government access to an immigration lawyer's seized phone data, finding he was likely to show the border search was retaliation for his public speech.1 outlet2 linked
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