News & Commentary about Privacy at Borders and Checkpoints
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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May 1, 2015
The TSA's PreCheck Program: A Whitelist or a Blacklist?
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Mar 19, 2015
Be Careful With Your Micro-Expressions at the Airport
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Jan 23, 2015
I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure.
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Sep 22, 2014
Government Placing Itself at Top of New Air Travel Caste System
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Jul 23, 2014
Many Deported as "Recent Border Crossers" Are Neither Recent Nor Anywhere Near the Border, Nor Crossing It
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Apr 17, 2014
Living Under Surveillance at the Border – for What?
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Apr 16, 2014
Photographers' Rights At Issue As Arizona Community Rises Up Against "Occupying Army" of Border Patrol Agents
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Apr 10, 2014
As a Soldier I Defended Our Rights, Now Who Will Defend Mine?
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Apr 3, 2014
Why is the U.S. Border Patrol Terrorizing Innocent Families?