Yes, U.S. Border Guards Can Search Your Phone. Here's How It Works

WASHINGTON — In one of several testy exchanges during a U.S. Senate hearing this week, the country's secretary of homeland security was pressed to explain a new policy that allows customs agents to examine the cellphones of travellers at the border."I want to make sure I understand this. I live an hour's drive from the Canadian border," said Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy."If I go to Canada and visit some of my wife's relatives, and I come back ... they (can) say, 'We want your laptop and your