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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/i-felt-humiliated-muslim-canadian-denied-at-us-border-after-being-asked-whether-she-likes-trump/A Canadian woman was turned away from the US/Canada border when she was asked what her religion was and she replied that she was Muslim.
During the oral arguments Tuesday afternoon in the 9th Circuit Court, Judge William Canby asked whether the president could say the U.S. would simply no longer admit Muslims into the country. Justice Department lawyer August Flentje said that the executive order did not amount to a Muslim ban. Thats not in the order, he said over and over again.
Still, according to CBCNews, Fadwa Alaoui was turned away over the weekend after being questioned about her religion and political views about President Donald Trump.
She, along with her cousin and two children, were on their way to do some shopping in Burlington, Vermont when they were stopped and held by Customs and Border Patrol for over four hours. She and her cousin were asked for their cell phones and passwords, which Alaoui said were examined for about an hour. Border patrol found videos of people speaking Arabic, wich Alaoui said were daily prayers. The two adults were then separated and questioned apart. After another hour they were denied entry.
Alaoui is a Moroccan-born Canadian citizen and neither Morocco nor Canada are on the list of countries banned from entering the United States. However, most of the questions the agents asked her were about her religion.
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That is the second time I have heard detainees were asked about their loyalty to Dear Leader.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Recommended.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)I am a citizen, which may have made a difference, but really!
tanyev
(42,613 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)citizens so badly.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)Customs and Border Patrol has no right to ask someone if the like Trump. Simply disliking Trump does not equate to being a threat. Neither does being a Muslim.
I swear, I think the real threats are not Trump, his Cabinet, or Republicans in Congress. The threat is from authoritarian assholes in the law enforcement, who treat people like threats with no evidence. Think of all those Nazis "just following orders". They are your neighbors, your co-workers or random people. That is the truly scary thing.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)... the people who trained these functionaries, and those who wrote the rules they must abide by.
There are many levels of failure here.
"A Canadian woman was turned away from the US/Canada border when she was asked what her religion was and she replied that she was Muslim. "
Sounds like a lovely lawsuit to be brought about. Asked for her cell phone password? My response would have been pretty salty. Holding children for 4 hours, insanely unnecessary. What is the avg. IQ for these gorillas to work there?
NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)horrible to treat people like this.
tRump is a very little man, and a BULLY.