The latest example comes from published accounts describing the recent ordeal of the mayor of Stockton, California, at the San Francisco International Airport.

After attending a conference in China, Mayor Anthony Silva returned to the US, where border officials singled him out for secondary inspection. During that inspection, they confiscated his laptop and smartphones. They demanded Silva disclose his passwords and informed him he would remain in detention until he complied. Silva also learned that he had "no right for a lawyer to be present" and that being a US citizen did not "entitle [Silva] to rights that [he] probably thought." After revealing his passwords, Silva was allowed to proceed but without his electronic devices.