A School Superintendent Took On CBP. He Won't Quit.

Your phone, your smartwatch, your private life...how much can CBP search without a warrant?Let's examine the 100-mile border zone encompassing an estimated 228 million Americans and school superintendent Wilmer Chavarria’s fight against warrantless device searches. From one traveler’s ordeal to the broader expansion of government surveillance, we explore digital privacy, the Fourth Amendment, and why protecting our rights means holding both parties accountable.Follow me on social media Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584036371719 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/epluribusunum/ Instagram: instagram.com/epluribusunum.vip/Check out my other YouTube Channels: The Clerisy Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@EPluribusShorts Loren Moss: https://www.youtube.com/@LorenMoss Finance Colombia: https://www.youtube.com/@Financecolombia Finance Colombia Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@FinanceColombiaShorts Cognitive Business News: https://www.youtube.com/@CognitiveBusinessNews Cognitive Business Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@CognitiveBusinessShorts Empleo Bilingüe: https://www.youtube.com/@EmpleoBilingueMore about Loren Moss: https://lorenmoss.com/write Contact us: https://unidodigital.media/contact-unido-digital-llc/SOURCES & CITATIONS Reason: https://reason.com/2026/07/13/border-cops-can-search-your-phone-whenever-they-want-if-youre-within-100-miles-of-the-border/CBP: https://www.cbp.gov/document/directives/cbp-directive-no-3340-049b-border-search-electronic-devicesCBP (via Reason): https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2018-01-04_cbp_electronic_searches.pdfFourth Circuit (via Justia): https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/25-4239/25-4239-2026-07-13.htmlElectronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-requiredPacific Legal Foundation: https://pacificlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SR-1299-Sweetland-Peikoff-and-Scacchi-Policy-Explainer-Searches-of-Electronic-Devices-at-Ports-of-Entry.pdfPacific Legal Foundation: https://pacificlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SR-718-Scacchi-Sweetland-and-Piekoff-Policy-Explainer-The-Fourth-Amendment-Free-Zone-in-the-United-States-v1.pdfPacific Legal Foundation: https://pacificlegal.org/case/chavarria-border-searches-fourth-amendment/Pacific Legal Foundation: https://pacificlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chavarria-v.-DHS_PLF-Complaint_12.10.25.pdfVTDigger: https://vtdigger.org/2025/12/14/winooski-superintendent-testifies-in-dc-sues-dhs-for-detainment-and-harassment-by-immigration-authorities/TheTravel: https://www.thetravel.com/us-department-of-homeland-security-issues-statement-wilmer-chavarria-detained-houston-airport-fourth-amendment-violations-lawsuit/U.S. Supreme Court (via Justia): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/373/Berardi Immigration Law: https://berardiimmigrationlaw.com/cbp-can-now-search-your-phone-without-reasonable-suspicion/Reason: https://reason.com/2019/11/13/judge-rules-feds-need-reasonable-suspicion-before-searching-tech-devices-at-the-border/