Per Luis Mejia, the CBP Director of the Enforcement Programs Division, Office of Field Operations, who spoke at AILA on June 19, 2025, in 2025 there were 11 million people sent to secondary at the various border pre-clearance stations. (e.g. airports) Of those, 55,000 travelers had their electronic devices searched. That is .5%. But still, I doubt even 5,000 of the 55,000 had any of evidence of a crime on someone’s phone or laptop. CBP for 2024 reported 17,000 people were arrested for a prior criminal conviction (not a current crime). I suspect very few of the inspections were of US Citizens. By the way, Director Mejia is straight forward and a cool guy.
