Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Guam
Strip search
My wife just came back from off Island and when she came to the Customs officer, gave her a hard time than searched her items 3 times, after about 1 hour waiting for them to get done looking at her things she started to get upset, they told her that she is almost done, now this is about 1/half hours now they take her into a room she asked to be able to call her husband they wouldn't. all the time she keep asking what was going on what was the problem they never told her why they where doing the strip search never gave a reason and when they got her in the room they told her to follow everything they said or she would be in trouble. in all it was about 2/half hours
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Strip search
Until a US citizen is fully on US soil, none of the Constitutional rights that person is used to apply. You do not have US Constitutional rights when you are not on US soil regardless of whether or not you are a US citizen.
Your wife was caught up in the tactics of the drug war. In some way she undoubtedly fit the profile of a possible drug courier, and was detained and searched on that basis.
Not fun, but not illegal. Welcome to the war on drugs as it personally affects you!
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