Iranian-Americans Questioned at the US Border: 'My Kids Shouldn't Experience Such Things'

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This seriously lights me on fire! Trump screws up and puts us in a state of heightened danger and innocent American people suffer. As usual with such stupidity.

I don’t think there’s any reason that is rational — and certainly constitutional — to target people based on the place of their birth,” Mr. Inslee said in an interview. “It’s pretty clear that that’s what they did here.”

The stepped-up border screenings came in the wake of an American drone strike on Friday that killed a powerful Iranian general, Qassim Suleimani, and spurred promises of revenge from Iran’s supreme leader.

Customs and Border Protection officials insisted that no one was detained or refused entry “because of their country of origin.” However, border agents often require people seeking admittance at the border to undergo a process known as secondary screening — which appears to have occurred in Washington, and in lesser numbers at other ports of entry.

An agency official told members of Congress on Monday that leaders in local offices had been “asked to remain vigilant and increase their situational awareness given the evolving threat environment.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/border-iranians-washington-patrol.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage