Popular Turkish American online political commentator detained, questioned at Chicago airport

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Popular Turkish American online political commentator detained, questioned at Chicago airport

CHICAGO (AP) — A popular Turkish American online streamer who is critical of

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was recently detained and questioned at O’Hare International Airport after his flight from Paris landed in Chicago.

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, who has 2.8 million followers on

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, recounted his experience online Monday saying he was questioned for hours a day earlier despite being born in the U.S. and enrolled in Global Entry, a federal program allowing low-risk passengers to travel through customs and passport control quickly.

****** believes he was targeted because of his views and said Customs and Border Protection officers asked his opinion of Trump and ******, among other topics. The liberal political commentator is frequently critical of Israel and the

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“The goal here is to put fear into people’s hearts, to have a chilling effect on speech,” ****** recounted in a detailed nearly 40-minute long account on his

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. “The government is now officially willing and able to intimidate you for your speech. That is a direct violation of the First Amendment.”

****** did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment.

Federal officials dismissed ******’s account of the detention on Tuesday, calling the questioning “routine and lawful” and something that can apply to any traveler.

“This is nothing but lying for likes. Claims that his political beliefs triggered the inspection are baseless,” Tricia McLaughlin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary, said in a statement. “Once his inspection was complete, he was promptly released.”

The Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on

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and

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have also increased worries among U.S. citizens and

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navigating the last steps to citizenship. Recent immigration arrests have mistakenly swept up U.S. citizens in

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and other places.

Trump has deemed the pro-************ campus protests as “anti-American” while

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say student arrests are part of an unprecedented attack on the freedom of speech. Last month a ************ man who led

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in Gaza as a student was arrested during what he thought was an interview about his citizenship.

Federal officials declined to give further details about ******’s detention, including what prompted the extensive questioning.

******, also known as HasanAbi on

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, spoke at the University of Chicago on Tuesday. Born in New Jersey, the 33-year-old was raised in Turkey. He lives in Los Angeles.

“I’m not intimidated,” he said on

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, where he has 1.6 million subscribers. “I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing.”

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