Thursday, April 17, 2025

US Citizen With Foreign Name: I Was Detained Returning From Canada

 

They are coming for everyone - not just foreigners

 

A lawyer with a foreign-sounding name, who also happens to be a US citizen, was detained and threatened by Customs and Border Patrol while crossing the border back into the US from Canada.

New Hampshire real estate attorney Bachir Atallah is an American citizen. He was crossing the northern border after a trip to Canada and was detained without explanation.

NBC Boston reports that Atallah and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were returning after a quick trip across the border on Sunday when they were stopped by CBP in Vermont. Atallah said that he "literally drove my car to Canada for the weekend, and on the way back, I was treated like a criminal." An official from CBP denied his description of the event, calling it "blatantly false and sensationalized."

 

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