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Pro-Palestinian protester’s lawyer stopped and searched at US border: ‘They were going to take my device’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Johana Bhuiyan Sat 12 Apr 2025 08.00 EDT

"Amir Makled thought he was being racially profiled. A Lebanese American who was born and raised in Detroit, the attorney was returning home from a family vacation in the Dominican Republic when he said an immigration official at the Detroit Metro airport asked for a “TTRT” agent after scanning his passport on Sunday. Makled said the expression on the agent’s face changed. He felt something “odd” was happening."

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[–] seang96@spgrn.com 1 points 8 months ago

At least leave the device powered off with a passcode. Even better graphene os which closes more ways for them to break in.