Lawsuit Filed Against DHS and USCIS Over In-Depth Searches of International Travelers

Lawsuit Filed Against Department of Homeland Security, US Customs And Immigration Authorities Over In-Depth Searches Of International Travelers

By Chip Brian

A New York lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security as well as U.S. customs and immigration authorities is looking to stop the government from searching in laptops, cell phones and cameras of international travelers when there is no probably cause.
Civil rights lawyers filed the federal lawsuit in Brooklyn. Officials did not immediately return a call for comment on the situation.
According to the lawsuit, over 6,500 people have had their electronic devices searched as they crossed borders since October of 2008. About half of those that were searched were citizens of the U.S.


News source: http://www.mysmartrend.com/news-briefs/news-watch/lawsuit-filed-against-department-homeland-security-us-customs-and-immigration

Popular posts from this blog

USCIS PREDICTS 2014 H-1B CAP TO BE FILLED BY APRIL 5, 2013.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 15, 2013 that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 cap on Monday, April 1, 2013. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked. The cap (the numerical limitation on H-1B petitions) for FY 2014 is 65,000. In addition, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals with U.S. master’s degree or higher are exempt from the fiscal year cap of 65,000. Based on feedback from a number of stakeholders, USCIS anticipates that it may receive more petitions than the H-1B cap between April 1, 2013 and April 5, 2013 .  USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received and notify the public of the date on which the numerical limit of the H-1B cap has been met. This date is known as the final receipt date.  If USCIS r
Read more