This is absolutely a possibility and having a clean phone might be grounds for being denied entry.
The border agent has a lot of control over your life at that point and virtually zero accountability.
The border agent has a lot of control over your life at that point and virtually zero accountability.
> After questioning, he eventually turned it over but gave officers a passcode that then erased the contents of his Google Pixel phone.
I don't see the problem being a clean device, but destroying evidence in the moment.