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CBP Now Has a Massive Searchable Database for Devices Seized at the Border
The US border agency will be able to sift through data extracted from travelers' laptops and cellphones for up to 75 years.
Customs and Border Protection Bought Access to Nationwide Car Tracking System
The move by CBP continues the trend of law enforcement buying access to data rather than gathering it themselves.
Border Patrol Bought Dirtbikes With Money Budgeted for Medicine
A new government report found that the Border Patrol took money set aside for migrant medical expenses and bought ATVs, boats, and a new air conditioning system.
Inside the Border Security Expo, Where Companies Sell Surveillance Tech to CBP
The expo features a 'Sharpshooter Classic' shooting competition and hundreds of companies trying to get huge government contracts to militarize the border.
Lawmakers Demand Federal Agencies Stop Spying on Peaceful Protests
Thirty-five members of Congress signed the strongly worded letter sent to the heads of the FBI, DEA, CBP, and National Guard Bureau.
AOC Wants to Know Why the Hell a Predator Drone Was Spying on Protesters
The military-grade Predator B drone was far outside the 100-mile operational zone of Customs and Border Protection.
The Government is Regularly Flying Predator Drones Over American Cities
The aircraft flight data is a reminder that CBP does not only fly drones along the border.
I Just Got Back From a Coronavirus Hot Zone, and No One at JFK Seemed to Notice
I breezed right through security, faster than any other time I can remember.
ICE Is Using Location Data From Games and Apps to Track and Arrest Immigrants, Report Says
ICE and CBP have reportedly spent more than $1.2 million to get access to the phone location data.
Border Patrol Detains Iranian-Born American Soldier at the Border, Seizes Their Phone
The American citizen was on official military business and told Motherboard they believe they were questioned because of their Iranian heritage.
Deloitte Has Made $42 Million Working With ICE This Year
Employees asked the company to cut ties with the agency last year, but Deloitte shows no signs of ending its relationship with ICE.
CBP Refused to Let Me and Other Doctors Give Migrants Flu Shots for Free
"We thought, 'How can they deny it if it's not going to cost them anything?'" Dr. Julie Sierra told VICE.