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The border search exemption can't be used for general purpose law enforcement; only for determining if the person should be allowed to enter the country (inapplicable to citizens) and for preventing countraband from entering the country.

A wiped phone cannot contain contraband data, so the border search exemption cannot apply.



this seems like a very similar situation to people charged with only a single count of 'resisting arrest'




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