Among them is one of my friends, the wife of my real-estate agent, who was traveling with her two young children (born in the US).
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US citizens, including **US-born** citizens, held illegally at the border for invasive questioning. These include long-time Americans, who spent their weekend to road-trip from Seattle to Vancouver to watch a concert.https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/im-sorry-this-is-just-the-wrong-time-for-you-guys-iranians-and-iranian-american-citizens-detained-at-u-s-border-refused-entry/ …
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Surely the greatest country on earth can protect its borders without violating its own Constitution or trampling the very ideals that make it great.
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@nytimes for reporting on this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/us/politics/iranian-americans-border.html …Show this thread
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@hadip I made a short film in 2014, based in San Jose, about a brewing war between Iran and the US causing deportations and detainments of Iranians. The film played at SXSW and is a Vimeo Staff Pick https://vimeo.com/71012082 . -
Oh yea and it was set in the near future, 2020 to be exact.
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With all due respect having spoken with personal friends who were held for questioning for many hours and who saw dozens of families held, I believe the
@CBP is spreading misinformation.
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Not okay. Not now, not any time.
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