In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the government released three spreadsheets that present gender, race and citizenship data compiled by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspectors in border searches involving electronic devices between October 1, 2008 and June 2, 2010.
According to this data, a total of 6,671 travelers were subject to electronic media searches at the border during this twenty-month time frame. Nearly half of these people were U.S. citizens.
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Gender
Total
Female (F)
832
Male (M)
5537
Unknown
302
Grand Total
6671
Race
Total
Asian (A)
585
Black or African American (B)
652
American Indian or Alaska Native (I)
33
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (P)
1
Unknown (U)
1672
White (W)
3461
(blank)
267
Grand Total
6671
Citizenship
Total
United Arab Emirates (AE)
6
Afghanistan (AF)
22
Antigua & Barbuda (AG)
1
Albania ( AL )
15
Armenia (AM)
1
Angola (AO)
1
Argentina (AR)
2
Austria (AT)
4
Australia (AU)
21
Bosnia and Hercegovina (BA)
3
Bangladesh (BD)
5
Belgium (BE)
6
Bulgaria (BG)
6
Bahrain (BH)
3
Burundi (BI)
1
Benin (BJ)
1
Bosnia and Hercegovina (BK)
2
Bolivia (BO)
1
Brazil (BR)
14
Belize (BZ)
3
Canada (CA)
1477
Congo (CG)
1
Switzerland (CH)
6
Ivory Coast (CI)
5
Chile (CL)
1
Cameroon (CM)
1
China (Mainland) (CN)
47
Colombia (CO)
27
Costa Rica (CR)
4
Cuba (CU)
11
Cyprus (CY)
1
Czech Republic (CZ)
1
Germany (West) Federal Republic (DE)
20
Djibouti (DJ)
2
Denmark (DK)
4
Dominican Republic (DO)
20
Algeria (DZ)
5
Ecuador (EC)
4
Egypt (EG)
29
Estonia (EN)
2
Eritrea (ER)
2
Spain (ES)
7
Ethiopia (ET)
3
Finland (FI)
2
Fiji (FJ)
2
France (FR)
34
Gabon (GA)
1
United Kingdom (GB)
94
Germany (Unified) (GE)
13
Georgia (GG)
2
Ghana (GH)
2
Guinea (GN)
2
Greece (GR)
6
Guatemala (GT)
6
Guam (GU)
1
Guyana (GY)
6
Hong Kong SAR (HK)
1
Honduras (HN)
7
Haiti (HT)
6
Hungary (HU)
2
Indonesia (ID)
13
Ireland (IE)
7
Israel (IL)
15
India (IN)
47
Iraq (IQ)
14
Iran (IR)
46
Iceland (IS)
3
Italy (IT)
21
Jamaica (JM)
7
Jordan (JO)
26
Japan (JP)
20
Kenya (KE)
7
Cambodia (KH)
2
St. Christopher- Nevis (KN)
1
Korea , Republic (South) (KR)
14
Kosovo (KV)
1
Kuwait (KW)
8
Cayman Islands (KY)
2
Kazakstahn (KZ)
1
Laos (LA)
2
Lebanon (LB)
43
Lithuania (LH)
2
Liechtenstein (LI)
1
Sri Lanka (LK)
3
Lithuania (LT)
1
Libya (LY)
12
Morroco (MA)
19
Midway Islands (MI)
1
Macedonia (MK)
4
Mali (ML)
7
Mongolia (MN)
1
Mauritania (MR)
1
Mauritius (MU)
1
Malawi (MW)
1
Mexico (MX)
165
Malaysia (MY)
5
Nigeria (NG)
51
Nicaragua (NI)
4
Netherlands (NL)
27
Norway (NO)
3
Nepal (NP)
1
New Zealand (NZ)
6
Panama (PA)
3
Peru (PE)
11
Philippines (PH)
63
Pakistan (PK)
74
Poland (PL)
6
Puerto Rico (PR)
2
Palestine (PS)
7
Portugal (PT)
1
Paraguay (PY)
1
Qatar (QA)
2
Romania (RO)
5
Russia (Historical) (RS)
6
Russia (RU)
13
Rwanda (RW)
1
Saudi Arabia (SA)
84
Sudan (SD)
3
Sweden (SE)
12
Singapore (SG)
3
Slovakia (SK)
1
Senegal (SN)
1
Somalia (SO)
74
Soviet Socialist Reps Union ( USSR ) (SU)
2
El Salvador (SV)
8
Syria (SY)
9
Thailand (TH)
8
Tokelau Islands (TK)
1
Tunisia (TN)
3
Tonga (TO)
1
Turkey (TR)
15
Trinidad and Tobago (TT)
5
China ( Taiwan ) (TW)
4
Tanzania (TZ)
2
Ukraine (UA)
13
Uganda (UG)
3
Ukraine (UP)
2
United States (US)
2995
Uzbekistan (UZ)
8
Vatican City (VA)
1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (VC)
1
Venezuela (VE)
12
Vietnam (VN)
11
Unknown (XX)
6
Yemen Arab Republic (Sanaa) (Obsolete) (YE)
11
Yemen , Republic of (Sanaa) (YM)
8
Yugoslavia (Includes Serbia , Montenegro ) (YU)
1
South Africa , Republic (ZA)
4
(blank)
563
Grand Total
6671
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