Judge makes public directive to detain Iranians in Blaine that CBP earlier said was false
The Bellingham Herald
12/30/2020
David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dec. 30—U.S. Customs and Border Protection documents released Tuesday show officers were directed to detain all people of Iranian decent, including U.S. citizens, attempting to enter the U.S. last January at several ports of entry, including the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine.
The documents, including the directive, were made public Tuesday, Dec. 29, by the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Washington and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in a release following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to make them public. A link to the directive was included in the release.