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Iranian Woman Visiting Family On Tourist Visa Detained In Oregon Jail
Topic Started: Mar 29 2017, 03:58 PM (9 Views)
Webster
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....man, we Americans sure know how to make friends and influence world events, huh?

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(The Guardian) Federal authorities have detained an Iranian woman in an Oregon jail even though she has a tourist visa to visit her family in the US, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

The detention of Alia Ghandi at the Portland airport has renewed fears that agents with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are targeting travelers from Muslim-majority countries despite the fact that federal courts have repeatedly blocked Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.

Ghandi, 29, was detained for several hours after she landed in Portland on Tuesday and was eventually transferred to a county jail 80 miles away, according to Mat dos Santos, legal director of the ACLU of Oregon.

“That is a terrifying circumstance,” Dos Santos said in an interview on Wednesday. “That is something that anybody would think is just a completely unacceptable way to treat anyone, especially somebody here on a valid visa and not to our knowledge being accused of having committed any kind of crime.”

It is unclear why CBP is blocking her entry. A spokesperson said the detention was not related to Trump’s recent executive order seeking to restrict travel from six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.
-Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/29/iranian-woman-detained-oregon-jail
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How unfair.
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