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2020-01-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Customs and Border Patrol DENIES reports that Iranians, some of them US citizens, have been detained by American agents at the Canadian border amid tensions between Washington and Tehran
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported Sunday that more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans of all ages have been detained

  • It was claimed they were detained at length and questioned by officers at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Washington

  • But Customs and Border Protection has since issued a statement saying the claim was false

  • It said extra wait times of up to four hours at the border were as a result of increased passenger volumes over the holiday period
Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-06 07:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: Moslem Colonists 

#1 No, they deny that there is a blanket order to detain ALL Iranians and Iranian-Americans.
Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-06 08:02||   2020-01-06 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Why not.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-01-06 08:06||   2020-01-06 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I was hoping they were going the other way, i.e. towards Canada.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-06 10:19||   2020-01-06 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Nope. We don't know where they went.
Posted by gorb 2020-01-06 10:50||   2020-01-06 10:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I crossed back into the US yesterday at the Sumas, WA crossing; the advertized wait time was ~ 10 minutes; sure enough 1 hour and 4 minutes later we finally hit the Customs booth. Observed LOTS of dog action on cars and an abnormal amount of secondary screening; probably just those with Cannabis or residue of same on/in cars/clothes and it is still a federal crime to import grass into the US.

Didn't know about this Iranian thingy until later that night safely ensconsed at Casa Ret.
Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-01-06 13:40||   2020-01-06 13:40|| Front Page Top

#6 How many are coming across the southern border?
Posted by Lex 2020-01-06 13:43||   2020-01-06 13:43|| Front Page Top

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