An email from a U.S. Customs Border Protection whistleblower says agents were under a directive to detain and question people of Iranian ethnicity at the Peace Arch crossing earlier this month.
On Jan. 4, at least 60 people of Iranian background were reportedly detained at Peace Arch border for up to 16 hours while heading back to the U.S. from a concert in Vancouver. The detention came shortly after the Iranian government pledged retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
In the email obtained by Black Press Media the whistleblower 91裸聊视频� who said he or she personally interrogated a number of U.S. citizens with Iranian background at the border that weekend 91裸聊视频� said the 91裸聊视频渟ole reason91裸聊视频� that travellers were detained and questioned was due to their national origin.
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In a statement to Black Press issued Jan. 6, CBP said that it 91裸聊视频渄oes not discriminate based on religion, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.91裸聊视频�
The statement also said reports that CBP or the Department of Homeland Security issued a directive related to detaining and questioning Iranian-Americans was false.
As soon as the detentions made national news, the operation was suspended, the whistleblower wrote.
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Saunders was the first to receive the whistleblower email. He said he confirmed the identity of the writer as a CBP employee before forwarding it. The whistleblower91裸聊视频檚 name was not given to Black Press.
Saunders visited the Peace Arch border in the midst of the mass-detainment on unrelated business on Jan. 4. He said he saw 75 91裸聊视频淧ersian-looking people91裸聊视频� patiently waiting.
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Contacted Monday, CBP wrote in an email that they 91裸聊视频渄on91裸聊视频檛 have anything to add91裸聊视频� to their previous statement.
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