Court: Border Patrol Must Have Reasonable Cause to Conduct Thorough Search of Electronic Devices

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is prohibited from conducting a thorough search of an electronic device like a computer or cell phone unless there is reasonable suspicion of a crime, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, the Inquisitr reports.  But the ruling does not prevent Border Patrol from making cursory checks of electronic…

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Ex-Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Helping Relative Cross Border

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A former Border Patrol agent who helped his fugitive brother-in-law sneak into the U.S. from a California crossing will serve eight months in prison, Government Security News reports. While on duty at San Ysidro port of entry, Silva helped his brother-in-law, Julio Cesar Landaverde-Valdez, cross the border by entering false information…

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Border Patrol Rescues Volunteers Who Tried to Help Illegal Immigrants

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Volunteers for a humanitarian group that provides clothing to illegal immigrants crossing the border in the winter were rescued by Border Patrol agents, KPBS reports.  The rescue last week came as volunteers were climbing mountains in Arizona to provide warm clothes to the illegal immigrants when the trouble began, KPBS wrote. Their…

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