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I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.

Published by Politico on August 30, 2020.

Tianna Spears, a diplomat assigned to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, recounts the difficulty she consistently experienced re-entering the United States, as an African-American person, through CBP’s ports of entry.

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