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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
2020-01-06
[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

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

#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  

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

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

#2  Why not.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-01-06 08:06  

#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  

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