The US government has increased scrutiny of travelers and cargo bound for the United States amid rising tensions with Iran, according to sources familiar with the change.
On Sunday, a flurry of social media posts surfaced with accounts of Iranian-Americans stuck at the US-Canada border in Blaine, Washington. The incident, which is now under review by the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, quickly gained national attention as immigration advocates accused CBP of detaining Iranian-Americans based on their Iranian descent.
"Changes to CBP's targeting efforts undergo a multi-step review process to ensure rules meet their"intended purpose and not impose an unjustifiable impact on legitimate travelers," according to the Government Accountability Office, which issued a report on the measures and the National Targeting Center in 2017. "If a traveler is a rule 'hit', this individual can be selected for further vetting, interviewing, and inspection," the GAO report stated.
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