CBP admits it 'made mistakes' detaining Iranian-Americans at border in WA

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Washington lawmakers met with Customs and Border Protection officials Monday, where CBP reportedly admitted fault for recently detaining Iranian-Americans at the U.S./Canada border in Blaine.

“The [CBP] Director [of Field Operations for the Seattle Office] reported that the agency made mistakes and there are two investigations ongoing,” said Washington Congresswoman Suzan Delbene. “CBP acknowledged that it is unlawful to single people out based on their heritage alone.”

In early January, as many as 200 people of Iranian, Lebanese, and Palestinian descent were detained at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Washington, with some held for up to 12 hours.

An initial statement from Customs and Border Patrol claimed “social media posts that CBP is detaining Iranian-Americans and refusing their entry into the U.S. because of their country of origin are false.” Shortly after that, an internal memo was leaked detailing a directive to “conduct vetting” for individuals born between 1961 and 2001, from Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran, as well as “any other nationality that has traveled to Iran or Lebanon.”

https://mynorthwest.com/1701085/cbp-mistakes-detaining-iranian-americans-border/

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1. So who's losing his job?

What part of "unlawful" has CBP confused? Who's responsible for the initial statement that was an out-and-out lie? Is that person going to be disciplined? How did "conduct vetting" slide into illegal mass detainment? Who ordered that, or was it some rogue CBP agent who took the ball and ran with it? Or does this whole unpleasantness just get swept under the rug like every other illegal act of this administration?