US Immigration searched a French Scientist's phone, and found criticism of Donald Trump.

So they rejected him from entry at the airport/border, and labeled his private messages terrorism!

Why are they even searching people's phones at the border? Your legal entry should be based on a passport, and NOT on your social media or private messages!

Sources:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/french-scientist-denied-entry-to-us-b2718509.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/europe/us-france-scientist-entry-trump-messages.html

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They shouldn't, but this has nothing to do with Trump. It's been this way for decades.

OPSEC fixes this.

The NY Times has very low credibility but I assume this is true. Are we allowed to refuse to log into devices that are powered off?