Different authorities under the DHS umbrella also get different standards to adhere to. So, for example, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are supposed to get approval from a supervisor to keep a device for more than five days, and from a director-level authority to keep it past 15. In contrast, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers don’t have to do anything for up to 30 days. Data obtained by CBP officers can only be sent to other government agencies for decryption or translation, while ICE gets to use third-party contractors. So, what happens to your hardware and data depends entirely on who seizes it.
