News & Commentary about Privacy at Borders and Checkpoints
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![A CBP officer scanning a passport](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/12/WEB19-CBP-Biometric-Facial-RecognitionBlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2019
A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.
![Hands hold a cellular telephone, with a security screening conveyor belt and other people in the background](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/11/cell-phone-security-OPT-400x266.jpg)
Nov 13, 2019
Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can’t Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices
![U.S. Customs and Border Protection facial recognition device](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-airport-facial-recognition-ap-blogimage-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 27, 2019
TSA Testing Face Recognition at Security Entrances, Opening Door to Massive Expansion of the Technology
![CBP Officer processes a passenger into the United States at an airport](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-cbp-passport-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 30, 2019
We Got U.S. Border Officials to Testify Under Oath. Here’s What We Found Out.
![Border Search](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-bordersearch2-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jul 13, 2018
Congress Can Stop Humiliating and Unconstitutional Device Searches at the Border
![Baggage Search](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-baggagesearch-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 10, 2018
For Second Time in 2 Days, Federal Court Upholds Constitutional Rights at the Border
![Search of a bag at the border](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-cbpbagsearch-1160x768-400x266.png)
May 9, 2018
Another Federal Court Rules the Fourth Amendment Applies at the Border
![TSA Scanner](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-blog-ff-thruvision-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Mar 2, 2018
TSA Tests See-Through Scanners on Public in New York’s Penn Station
![Airport Security Monitor](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-airportsecuritymonitor-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 9, 2018
The Government’s New Policy on Device Searches at the Border: What You Need to Know
![Plaintiffs](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-borderdevicesearch-1160x768-v02-400x266.jpg)
Sep 13, 2017
Warrantless Border Searches of Smartphones Are Skyrocketing. We’re Suing to Stop Them.