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GoneOffShore

(17,873 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 03:29 AM Apr 2025

'Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada

He voted for #Felon47

"I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better," Atallah said. "Things actually changed to the worse."

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/treated-like-a-criminal-us-citizen-says-he-was-detained-returning-from-canada/4160718/

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'Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada (Original Post) GoneOffShore Apr 2025 OP
They are demanding more and more to access peoples phones Pachamama Apr 2025 #1
. BeerBarrelPolka Apr 2025 #2
Sigh. Yet another the leopard isn't supposed to eat mwmisses4289 Apr 2025 #3

Pachamama

(17,390 posts)
1. They are demanding more and more to access peoples phones
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:47 AM
Apr 2025

Why? How can this be legal?

What would you do if some Border Control or Police or other authority was demanding to have your password?

What if you say no?

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,840 posts)
2. .
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:56 AM
Apr 2025

"I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better," Atallah said. "Things actually changed to the worse."

In what way?

Atallah says CBP agents requested to look into his email on his phone, which he refused because of attorney client privilege.

"So I had to, under duress, give him permission to look through my email, through my priveleged information, and he made me write a statement, signed by me, saying that I gave him permission to look through the email," Atallah said.

Strong ethics

Guess this lawyer didn't think he had it good enough in this country under Biden. Instead, he supported a known racist and bigot and now he complains about it and sells out his clients. I have no sympathy for him and others like him.


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