Being Arab American in the USA

In “Borders Spell Trouble for Arab-American,” N.Y. Times reporter Neil MacFararquhar tells the story of Abe Dabdoub, a naturalized U.S. citizen who is Arab American.  Coording to the story,

Most of his family members live in Canada, and on each of Mr. Dabdoub’s 14 trips to visit them since last August, on his way back across the Ambassador Bridge into Michigan, the Customs and Border Patrol agents have sent him through a security gantlet, he says. He has been fingerprinted 14 times, his body searched 9 times, been handcuffed 4 times and isolated in a separate detention room 13 times. On the fourth trip, the border patrol agents started subjecting his wife to similar scrutiny.

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KJ