One woman said she was asked to write down the name of the high school she graduated from in Iran 39 years ago. Another person was asked about his parents’ military service from before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Under the law, she said, border agents who question citizens and legal permanent residents are permitted to verify only identity, legal status and whether a person is carrying contraband. had for years tracked cases of invasive and sometimes unlawful questioning by border officers that went beyond those limits, into political and religious views and practices. “We see this at various points, especially when the U.S. takes some kind of conflict or warlike action abroad,” Ms. Shamsi said.

Source: New York Times January 07, 2020 00:45 UTC