In newly disclosed records, Trump officials cited conspiracies about Antifa to justify interrogating immigration lawyers with a special terrorism unit. The documents also show that more lawyers were targeted than previously known.
Taylor Levy couldnât understand why sheâd been held for hours by Customs and Border Protection officials when crossing back into El Paso, Texas, after getting dinner with friends in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in January 2019. And she didnât know why she was being questioned by an agent whoâd introduced himself as a counterterrorism specialist.
Levy was part of the legal team representing the father of a girl whoâd died the previous month in the custody of the Border Patrol, which is part of CBP. âThere was so much hate for immigration lawyers at that time,â she recalled. âI thought that somebody had put in an anonymous tip that I was a terrorist.â
Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border
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Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border
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Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at Border
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border fence in El Paso, Texas, on August 23, 2019.
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Taylor Levy couldn’t understand why she’d been held for hours by Customs and Border Protection officials when crossing back into El Paso, Texas, after getting dinner with friends in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in January 2019. And she didn’t know why she was being questioned by an agent who’d introduced himself as a counterterrorism specialist.
Levy was part of the legal team representing the father of a girl who’d died the previous month in the custody of the Border Patrol, which is part of CBP. “There was so much hate for immigration lawyers at that time,” she recalled. “I thought that somebody had put in an anonymous tip that I was a terrorist.”