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Son of Muhammad Ali Was Detained, Questioned at Florida Airport

HeadlineFeb 27, 2017

Despite the suspension of Trump’s first travel ban, the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 7—only a few days after the travel ban was blocked nationwide by Seattle District Judge James Robart. The lawyer for 44-year-old Muhammad Ali Jr. says as he was going through customs on the way back from Jamaica, he was stopped, asked if he was Muslim, and then, when he said yes, he was held and questioned for nearly two hours about his religion.

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