lego 44,165 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 ---- (this happened before) The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at a Florida airport, a family friend told the Courier-Journal. Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the first wife of Muhammad Ali, were arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Feb. 7 after returning from speaking at a Black History Month event in Montego Bay, Jamaica. They were pulled aside while going through customs because of their Arabic-sounding names, according to family friend and lawyer Chris Mancini. Immigration officials let Camacho-Ali go after she showed them a photo of herself with her ex-husband, but her son did not have such a photo and wasn't as lucky. Mancini said officials held and questioned Ali Jr. for nearly two hours, repeatedly asking him, "Where did you get your name from?" and "Are you Muslim?" When Ali Jr. responded that yes, he is a Muslim, the officers kept questioning him about his religion and where he was born. Ali Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1972 and holds a U.S. passport. “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.” - Chris Mancini, Ali family friend and lawyer Reached for comment via email Friday, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection wrote, "Due to the restrictions of the Privacy Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection cannot discuss individual travelers; however, all international travelers arriving in the U.S. are subject to CBP inspection." The line of questioning is indicative of profiling and designed to produce answers that corroborate what officials want to hear, Mancini said. Neither Camacho-Ali nor Ali Jr. have ever been subjected to detainment before, despite extensive global travel experience, he said. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2017/02/24/muhammad-ali-jr-detained-immigration-fla-airport/98376180/ http://amp.usatoday.com/story/98379082/ FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decodekid 30,711 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 huh this is getting ridiculous hi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Trump has created such a mess of this, it's so unbelievable. I can't believe that it's even been allowed to persist either. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Hollywood 37,364 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeka 12,372 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I hope when I actually changed my name to Seeka I wont have to deal with this stupid ridiculous sh!t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 This is so ridiculous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donutellha 13,819 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 a true mess Walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay. You just had 10 donuts today. Without frosting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Sigh.... There are a helluva lot of US citizens with names that will fall under the "suspicious" category. What are they going to do? Detain everyone that is brown or has a name that sounds the least bit different? Not only is this completely discriminatory, but it will impact travel to the US. This practice will also discourage international students and the top medical, business and tech people from coming here. These groups will choose to go to other countries. If Trump really was a good businessman, he would understand that actions such as these have far reaching consequences! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlop 4,773 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I was detained at customs back in September prior to Trump administration, but its racist af. They only pulled me aside because my name is "Luis" and they pulled a girl clearly under 10 years old aside for being Muslim. The room I was in was literally all black Jamaican/African speaking people, hispanics and muslims. I was there for over an hour. Granted I look very Caucasian, but my name alone rose red flags to them BYE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 It happened again. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 42 minutes ago, lego said: It happened again. You know what this means? People that are brown/black or with certain names are getting detained. He was born in the US and has never had problems before! I wonder what's different now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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