Pro-Palestinian protester’s lawyer stopped and searched at US border: ‘They were going to take my device’ | US immigration
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 12, 2025
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.
“So . . .