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Documentarian returning from film festival questioned for second time

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 24, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Rowley (Independent)

Border Point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Intercept reporter told “You are not a journalist” when stopped by border officials

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ryan Devereaux (The Intercept)

Border Point →: Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No

Photojournalist stopped, strip searched while crossing back into U.S.

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ash Ponders (Independent)

Border Point →: Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Rolling Stone journalist stopped for secondary screening, has electronics searched while asked invasive questions about reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 13, 2019
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Seth Harp (Rolling Stone)

Border Point →: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in part
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Journalist stopped at the border for the second time, camera searched

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Manuel Rapalo (Freelance)

Border Point →: Washington, D.C.
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Equipment bag, 1

Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Photojournalist questioned by CBP in Detroit after being denied entry to Mexico

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 18, 2019
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Kitra Cahana (Freelance)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Independent filmmaker stopped for second time while crossing U.S.-Mexico border, car and phone searched

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Anonymous documentary journalist 2 (Independent)

Border Point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Vehicle, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky has device taken and searched upon arrival in U.S.

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 23, 2018
Location: Florida
Targets: Saeed Taji Farouky (Independent)

Border Point →: United Kingdom
Target Nationality →: United Kingdom
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

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