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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/bord-j07.html
Iranian-Americans detained at US-Canada border in wake of Suleimani assassination
By Benjamin Mateus
7 January 2020
Shortly after President Donald Trump’s brazen criminal assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani on January 3, the Department of Homeland Security began ramping up security at military bases and border crossings. These moves are aimed at boosting support for war against Tehran by whipping up anti-Iranian sentiment and fanning fears of a possible retaliatory attack by Iran inside the United States.
As part of this crackdown more than 60 travelers who are Iranian-American citizens or green card holders traveling from Canada into the US were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Saturday at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Washington. They were all held there for several hours, subject to illegal detention and interrogation before being allowed to return to their own country.
Those who were detained reported that their passports were taken from them while they waited, leaving them with no legal means of leaving the border crossing. Once they were called up for questioning by CBP agents they were asked about the names of relatives and where they live and men were asked if they had ever served in the Iranian armed forces.
https://www.courthousenews.com/iranian-americans-detained-interrogated-at-canadian-border/
Iranian Americans Detained & Interrogated at Canadian Border
January 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE (AP) — Civil rights groups and lawmakers demanded information from federal officials Monday after reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States from Canada over the weekend.
The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans were detained and questioned for hours at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Washington. The delays followed security warnings that Iran might retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian general last week.
Some of the travelers were returning from a concert by an Iranian pop star in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday night, while others had been vacationing or visiting relatives over the holidays.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/iranian-americans-detained-and-grilled-at-us-checkpoints-after-trump-kills-soleimani
Iran-Born Ivy League Professor Detained and Grilled About Soleimani at JFK
STOP & FRISK?
One academic recalled to The Daily Beast being interrogated by a CBP agent on what he thought of the Trump-ordered airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.