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Note that (unless otherwise worded) the Constitution's "protections" are actually restrictions on the government, and apply everywhere and always to government agents acting under constitutional authority. As such, the nationality of the those with whom the government interacts is irrelevant.

I imagine that you can opt-out of the electronic strip search, just as US citizens can.

An interesting, though sadly irrelevant note: the Constitution does not grant to the Federal government the power to regulate foreign immigration.



Nationality may be irrelevant, but a US border setting certainly is not. As a rule of thumb: you have drastically diminished rights at the US border.


Not really. If they arrest you, you still have to be arraigned within 24 hours and have to be given a speedy jury trial.

It's really only the search-and-seizure business that does not apply. They think.




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