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Three Duffel Bags, 440 Pounds of Cotton: A Family's Handmade Bedding Project from Afghanistan Gets Stopped at Dulles Airport

A family wanted to buy cotton the traditional way to make their own bedding, but ran into a biosecurity red line at U.S. Customs. 440 pounds of raw, unprocessed cotton—seeds and all—were confiscated.

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CBP Surveillance Tools Turned Into Dating Aids—Only 21 of 300 Abuse Cases Deemed Criminal

U.S. border security's facial recognition and license plate databases have been used to hit on flight attendants, spy on exes, and track coworkers' phone locations. Internal files obtained by Wired reveal that out of 300 abuse cases, only 21 were flagged as potential criminal matters.