Rep. Ed Royce, Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Eliot Engel, Ranking member, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Sen. Bob Corker, Chair, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Sen. Ben Cardin, Ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Rep. Michael McCaul, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security

Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ranking member, House Committee on Homeland Security

This petition calls upon you to defend the basic privacy of travellers to the U.S.

Proposals, including recent testimony by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly in front of the House Homeland Security Committee, are coming forward to require all travellers to the U.S. to provide their unlocked electronic devices and social media passwords to border agents as a matter of routine.

Existing laws allowing for searches of these devices without warrant or suspicion are already an immense violation of personal privacy. The international community are speaking out in vast numbers to express deep concern about the depth of this privacy violation. Concerns around personal and business data will have vast implications for tourism and trade.

As a member of a committee charged with upholding friendly relations, trade, tourism, and commerce between the U.S. and other nations, we are calling on you to reject in the strongest possible way any legislation which would make these proposals into law.

Thank you.

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