![]() The former prime minister of Norway was held for nearly an hour at Washington Dulles airport earlier this month and questioned over a visit to Iran three years ago, which he had made to speak at a human rights conference. “This is classic customs profiling.”Īli’s is the latest in a string of complaints about US immigration controls after the inauguration of Trump. “Imagine walking into an airport and being asked about your religion,” Mancini told the paper. ![]() ![]() “To the Ali family, it’s crystal clear that this is directly linked to Mr Trump’s efforts to ban Muslims from the United States,” Mancini said, adding that they were trying to find out how many others faced similar questioning, and were contemplating filing a federal lawsuit. They consider it religious profiling linked to President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to bring in a “Muslim ban” and his now-suspended executive order banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. ![]() ![]() The 7 February incident was the first time the family had been detained or questioned in this way, despite regular international travel, Mancini said. ![]()
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