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Congressional Research Service Report: 'Searches & Seizures at Border & Fourth Amendment' (Part 1 of 3)
March 31, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46601) entitled "Searches and Seizures at the Border and the Fourth Amendment" by legislative attorneys Hillel R. Smith and Kelsey Y. Santamaria:

Congress has broad authority to regulate persons or items entering the United States, an authority that is rooted in its power to regulate foreign commerce and to protect the integrity of the nation's borders. Exercising this authori . . .

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