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India’s King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, Stopped for Third Time Entering U.S.

HeadlineAug 12, 2016

One of India’s most famous movie stars has been stopped for at least the third time while entering the United States, sparking new outcry over racial profiling. Last night, Shah Rukh Khan, who is known as the King of Bollywood, tweeted to his 20 million followers a message reading, “I fully understand and respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks.”

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