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Fourteenth amendment

Vanderbilt University Law School

Fourth Amendment

1987

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Intrusive Border Searches -- What Protection Remains For The International Traveler Entering The United States After United States V. Montoya De Hernandez And Its Progeny?, Steve Anderson Jan 1987

Intrusive Border Searches -- What Protection Remains For The International Traveler Entering The United States After United States V. Montoya De Hernandez And Its Progeny?, Steve Anderson

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note will examine the standards for initiation of strip, body cavity, and X-ray searches developed by the different circuits as well as the latitude allowed customs agents in carrying out such searches. It will also delve into the effect which Montoya de Hernandez and its progeny have had on this area of the law. Finally, this Note will propose possible solutions to the present confusion in the law.