1 Record of Alleged Abusive or Improper Conduct where the victim classification is “Middle Eastern”

“Today, while asking me about who I was visiting on my trip, a Border Patrol agent said I was being ‘coy’ with my answers and suggested that it would be possible that I am friends with—I kid you not—Osama Bin Laden,” tweeted Abdallah Fayyad, a member of the Boston Globe’s editorial board. (He may have been referring to an officer of CBP’s Office of Field Operations.)

— Tweet by Abdallah Fayyad @abdallah_fayyad (Twitter: September 25, 2021) https://twitter.com/abdallah_fayyad/status/1441914525310074880.

Sector(s): Border-Wide

Agency(ies): Border Patrol, CBP

Event Type(s): Abusive Language, Racial Discrimination or Profiling

Last Known Accountability Status: Unknown

Victim Classification: Middle Eastern, U.S. Citizen or Resident