Most nations, including the United States, have an interest in determining what products and people enter or leave through its borders. Searches, screening, and inspections are common and are lawful when conducted reasonably

At a fixed United States border crossing,
A) everyone who crosses or attempts to cross the international border has relinquished all Fourth Amendment rights and can be warrantlessly searched and objects can be seized.
B) federal agents must have probable cause or reasonable suspicion to search persons and motor vehicles when the person or vehicle attempts to cross the international border because the Fourth Amendment generally forbids warrantless searches.
C) the legal standard for searches follows the Terry v. Ohio stop-and-frisk rationale that permits pat downs of the outer garments of persons crossing the border.
D) federal agents may conduct reasonable searches, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, of persons and motor vehicles merely because a person or vehicle attempts to cross the international border of the United States.
E) none of the above responses states correct procedure and rationale.


D

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