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  2. Border search exception - Wikipedia

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    In United States criminal law, the border search exception is a doctrine that allows searches and seizures at international borders and their functional equivalent without a warrant or probable cause. [1] Generally speaking, searches within 100 miles (160 km) of the border are more permissible without a warrant than those conducted elsewhere in ...

  3. United States v. Ramsey (1977) - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Ramsey , 431 U.S. 606 (1977), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the search of letters or envelopes from foreign countries falls under the border exception to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures .

  4. Almeida-Sanchez v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 413 U.S. 266 (1973), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that the search of an automobile by the United States Border Patrol without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment. [1] The vehicle was stopped and searched for illegal aliens twenty-five miles (40 km) from the Mexican border ...

  5. Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994

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    The Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (INTCA or H.R. 783), Pub. L. 103–416, 108 Stat. 4305, enacted October 25, 1994, was an act by the United States Congress "to amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization."

  6. Border security in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, border security includes the protection of ports, airports, and the country's 3,017-mile (4,855 km) land border with Canada and 1,933-mile (3,111 km) border with Mexico. Central to U.S. national security, border security incorporates responses to issues such as terrorism, illegal immigration, smuggling, and human trafficking.

  7. United States v. Montoya De Hernandez - Wikipedia

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    Case history; Prior: 731 F.2d 1369 (9th Cir. 1984): Holding; The detention of a traveler at the border, beyond the scope of a routine customs search and inspection, is justified at its inception if customs agents, considering all the facts surrounding the traveler and her trip, reasonably suspect that the traveler is smuggling contraband in her alimentary canal; here, the facts, and their ...

  8. Zadvydas v. Davis - Wikipedia

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    Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court ruled that the plenary power doctrine does not authorize the indefinite detention of immigrants under order of deportation whom no other country will accept. To justify detention of immigrants for a period longer than six months, the ...

  9. United States v. Arnold - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Arnold, 533 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2008), is a United States court case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require government agents to have reasonable suspicion before searching laptops or other digital devices at the border, including international airports.