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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics (www.usermag.co)

submitted 1 day ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 64 points 1 day ago

At first they came for the Communists...

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They are going after white-passing US citizens now?

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[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Ive been stopped and questioned by border patrol for hours at least 3 times over the last 15 years. Apparently I'm an asshole and this is how they "get their revenge" on you. This guy was only stopped once..... amateur.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 32 points 1 day ago

I'm glad he was released, this shouldn't have happened. Meanwhile, a random Iraqi who was legally, iirc, here was sent to Rwanda. We know nothing else about that afaik.

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