May 06, 2026
A federal judge in Washington has partially sided with immigration officials' decision to not provide some information about border searches of electronic devices that a First Amendment group at Columbia University requested, finding the documents contained privileged, decision-making details.
February 03, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security asked a D.C. federal judge to nix a suit demanding it reveal details of cellphone and tablet searches conducted at the border, claiming the information could enable terrorists if disclosed.
March 27, 2017
A First Amendment protections nonprofit based out of New York's Columbia University filed a lawsuit Monday asking a D.C. federal court to force the U.S. government's border patrol agencies to turn over requested documents about how many electronic devices they search or confiscate at the country's borders.