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Lawyer For Arrested Michigan Student Detained At Airport After Trip Abroad

Dearborn-Based lawyer Amir Makled was detained at the Detroit airport for over an hour after returning from a family trip abroad.
Makled thinks he was targeted because of his work and believes agents were on a 'fishing expedition' to access privileged information on his phone.
Makled provided written consent for a limited search and was released, but plans to carry a separate phone while traveling in the future.

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Lawyer Representing Pro-Palestine Protester Detained at Airport, Phone Seized

Amir Makled believes he was targeted for his work: “They had a whole profile about me,” he says.

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Dearborn attorney’s detention condemned as ‘blatant’ intimidation by Trump administration

BY JON KING, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—US Sen. Elissa Slotkin has condemned the detention of a Dearborn attorney by federal agents as he returned from a vacation with his family, calling it an attack on the legal profession by the Trump administration. Amir Makled was detained by customs agents at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday as he and his family returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic. “When coming into the airport, I was screened and…

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Michigan Lawyer Detained at Detroit Airport, Phone Seized; He Represents Pro-Palestine Protester

A lawyer who represents a pro-Palestinian student protester in Michigan was detained Sunday at the Detroit Metro Airport on his way back from a family vacation. Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was separated from his wife and children and asked to surrender his cellphone by Border Patrol agents. “This wasn’t something that was random,” says Makled. “They had a whole profile about me.” He was eventually released after 90 minutes of questioning and re

2 days ago·New York, United States

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Dearborn attorney detained at Detroit Metro Airport after family vacation; CBP questioned him about clients and attempted to seize his phone

Amir Makled, Dearborn attorney detained at Detroit airport, questioned about clients and CBP attempted to seize his phone.

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‘It’s an attempt to intimidate’: Dearborn attorney says he was targeted at DTW over profession

A Dearborn-based attorney said he was detained and targeted at Detroit Metro Airport because of his profession.

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Attorney representing pro-Palestine protester detained at Detroit Metro Airport - WDET 101.9 FM

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many free speech advocates are alarmed as the Trump administration revokes visas for hundreds of international students. Those students could face deportation for committing traffic violations or participating in political activism. In both circumstances, this kind of federal action is rare. Students are always at risk of losing their status for crimin…

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