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Customs

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Borders

Border Officials Took This Woman's Cheese and Fined Her $1,000

Their case for the seizure is full of holes.

Fiona Harrigan | 9.12.2022 5:22 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: You Deserve a Break Today

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2022 4:00 AM

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Immigration

Biden Extends Temporary Status for Some Venezuelan Refugees, Offers No Protections for Recent Arrivals

While Temporary Protected Status will last through 2024, only Venezuelans who arrived before March 2021 will be eligible.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 7.13.2022 5:45 PM

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court Makes It Effectively Impossible To Sue Federal Cops, Smashing a 51-Year-Old Precedent

A federal badge will now serve as an impenetrable shield against civil liability.

Billy Binion | 6.21.2022 4:37 PM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

The Government Seized This Innocent Man's Car Without Due Process. SCOTUS Won't Hear the Case.

"How can an ordinary person afford to wait years after the government takes their car?"

Billy Binion | 4.19.2021 4:57 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Closely Tracked

Charles Oliver | 12.8.2020 4:00 AM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

This Forfeiture Victim Waited 2 Years Without a Hearing. Is That Due Process?

The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to rule that the Fifth Amendment requires a prompt post-seizure hearing.

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2020 2:20 PM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion in Cash From Travelers at U.S. Airports

In two-thirds of those cases, there were no accompanying arrests.

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.30.2020 3:47 PM

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Coronavirus

The Feds Are Suspending Some Tariff Payments. They Should Suspend All of Them.

It's almost like Americans are paying for them, and like Trump doesn't actually believe in free trade.

Eric Boehm | 3.25.2020 12:30 PM

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Immigration

Federal Immigration Raids in 'Sanctuary Cities' Have Conservatives Abandoning Federalism

Apparently, conservatives believe in states' rights, except when they don't.

Steven Greenhut | 2.28.2020 8:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Trump Wanted Snipers and Electrified Spikes to Defend Border Moat Full of Alligators and Snakes, Says New Report

Plus: Rudy Giuliani threatens to sue The Swamp, UPS gets approval for delivery drones, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.2.2019 9:55 AM

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Immigration

14-Year-Old Girl Fights Cancer Alone Because Border Officials Won't Let Her Mom Cross the Border

"I want her to come here to take care of me. Because I need her," she said.

Billy Binion | 8.28.2019 12:45 PM

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Facial Recognition

Customs and Border Protection Photo and License Plate Database Hacked

The agency is mum on how many people are impacted

Ronald Bailey | 6.10.2019 9:00 PM

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Customs

A School Counselor Says Customs Agents Searched Her Genitals Without Cause

Tameika Lovell says the search violated her Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.

Zuri Davis | 8.20.2018 12:30 PM

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Customs

Don't Let Uncle Sam Seize Your Salami

Civil import violations carry penalties tied to either the value of the article itself or to the taxes you would have been assessed if you'd declared it.

Alec Ward | 5.31.2018 12:00 AM

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