Iranian Americans questioned at U.S. border: 'My kids shouldn't experience such things'
SEATTLE — Arriving at the United States border in Washington state early Sunday morning after a skiing trip to Canada, Negah Hekmati and her family were pulled out of line for further questioning by Customs and Border Protection agents.
The stepped-up border screenings came in the wake of an American drone strike Friday that killed a powerful Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, and spurred promises of revenge from Iran’s supreme leader. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said she had heard that as many as 200 people of Iranian descent may have been affected.
But she said the ACLU had for years tracked cases of invasive and sometimes unlawful questioning by border officers that went beyond those limits, into political and religious views and practices. She said she had seen such questions directed at Americans of Somali, Afghani and Pakistani backgrounds following military action in those countries.
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