Complaints Describe Border Agents Interrogating Muslim Americans, Asking for Social Media Accounts

Complaints Describe Border Agents Interrogating Muslim Americans, Asking for Social Media Accounts ( theintercept.com )

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Complaints Describe Border Agents Interrogating Muslim Americans, Asking for Social Media Accounts

'The complaints also allege that border agents have asked American citizens to provide their social media information at the border. '

'The allegations come in the wake of The Intercept’s report that CBP agents have been working with the FBI to pressure Muslims entering the U.S. to become informants. '

'During the first incident, while driving back to the United States from Canada on New Year’s Day, he and his fiancée were pulled aside, searched and interrogated by border agents. '

'In recent years a number of lawsuits have been filed over alleged incidents of discrimination and racial profiling at border crossings. '

'In 2014, the U.S. Attorney General’s office announced rules intended to prevent racial profiling by federal law enforcement agents. '

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