Reports that Iranian-Americans have been singled out for suspicion and extra questioning at a U.S.-Canada border crossing reveal a larger truth. zakcheneyrice writes
Cars wait in line at the port of entry in Blaine, Washington, at the U.S.-Canada border. Photo: Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images Over the weekend, reports surfaced that dozens of Iranian-Americans were being forced to undergo secondary inspections at the port of entry in Blaine, Washington, at the U.S.-Canada border.
While early reports indicated that their detention stemmed from a top-down mandate, CBP officials emailed congressional staff on Monday and said there’d been no directive “from DHS or CBP leadership with instructions to detain Iranian-Americans and [refuse] their entry into the U.S because of their country of origin,” according to CNN.
DHS’ Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is reviewing a complaint about Blaine CBP’s security procedures filed by the National Iranian-American Council, according to CNN; it’s unclear how long or wide-ranging their investigation will be. But it can be said with a fair degree of certainty that the agents vetting travelers of Iranian descent didn’t go rogue or even substantively diverge from what, under Trump’s government, has become the standard approach to border security.
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