Trump Muslim Travel Ban

• Legal challenges to Trump’s Muslim travel ban dismissed by lower court

  The ban, put in place just a week after Trump took office in January 2017, sparked an international outcry from Muslim advocates and others who said it was rooted in religious bias.

  Politics

  Jun 8, 2020
  
• ‘Extreme vetting’ of Iranians crossing Canada-U.S. border was local directive: CBP whistleblower

  A Blaine, Wash.-area lawyer says he was contacted by a Customs and Border Protection officer who alleges the detention of Iranian-born travellers was directed by their managers.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
  
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• Iranians held up at U.S.-Canadian border amid escalating political tensions, group says

  "Those detained reported that their passports were confiscated and they were questioned about their political views and allegiances," the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2020