{"id":64934,"date":"2026-10-02T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64934"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:53:27","slug":"reason-border-agents-nabbed-their-phones-these-two-floridians-are-fighting-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64934","title":{"rendered":"Reason: Border Agents Nabbed Their Phones. These Two Floridians Are Fighting Back."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reason: Border Agents Nabbed Their Phones. These Two Floridians Are Fighting Back.<\/a> by Matthew Petti (“Jalal ‘Jay’ Shehadeh had no reason to believe he was under suspicion from the government. A former assistant state attorney in Florida, he traveled frequently without problems and was preapproved for fast-track border access under the Global Entry program. And he had no problem getting through Israel’s notoriously strict airport security while visiting family in the Palestinian territories. But on the way home, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held Shehadeh for four hours at Newark Liberty International Airport with no explanation and seized his cellphone \u2026 This week, both Shehadeh and Ph.D. student Thomas Kennedy sued CBP to get their phone data back. Although the two plaintiffs weren’t aware of each other when they sued, the cases have an uncanny resemblance to each other. Both U.S. citizens live in Florida. Both are politically outspoken. Both were traveling back from the Middle East. And both had their phones taken despite warning CBP about attorney-client privileged data. They are suing to have the government not only return their property but also delete any copies CBP made.”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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