This pisses me off. It also makes me want to get a burner phone for that very purpose.
But I am worried that if I go over the border with a burner phone I might get suspected of something and arrested. How likely is that?
This pisses me off. It also makes me want to get a burner phone for that very purpose.
But I am worried that if I go over the border with a burner phone I might get suspected of something and arrested. How likely is that?
You don’t owe CBP any explanation. You are under no obligation to enter your credentials or unlock your phone.
They do have the authority to seize your phone.
If you must take a phone with you:
We are now in fascism times. The rule of law has no bearing on you. If you are apprehended, yell that you are being detained illegally.
If you see someone being detained, record the event, intervene non violently if you are able to. If enough of your fellow passengers are resisting, consider additional actions.
Under no circumstances should you comply in advance.
Edit: CBP not ICE. But same thing applies.
You don’t quite know what you’re talking about.
ICE doesn’t control the border, CBP does. ICE comes in after you’ve crossed the border if you’ve overstayed or entered illegally.
CBP DOES have authority to take your phone without a warrant. We’ve seen this repeatedly over the last 10 years, even hitting the courts which have ruled in CBP favour.
CBP WILL use it to deny your entry if they find something they don’t like. Just like anything else you have on you.
which is to say nothing about the fact that they’re under no obligation to actually let you in if you’re not a US citizen… comply or leave; it’s unfair, but that’s what it is to enter a foreign country
100%. Not sure where people got the idea they are entitled to enter a foreign country but most foreign countries are exactly the same, if not significantly worse.