Warrantless phone, laptop searches at the US border hit record levels

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Officials have searched a record number of phones and laptops of travelers entering the US in the past year.

New figures released Friday reveal that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers searched 30,200 devices — an increase of about 60 percent year-over-year — between October 2016 and September 2017.

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