Just spoke w/ a couple in Seattle. Man (Spehr, Software Eng.) is Canadian of Iranian background with a US Green Card. Woman is American with no ties to #Iran. Held 6 hours at the border as they drove back from Vancouver. Asked to give: Details of family names, jobs, phone numbers
school he went to in Iran, if he or his father did military service, if he traveled there recently, what did he do etc. Group next to him was asked to handover all social media handles (they were US citizens of Iranian background). Sepehr said at some point there was around 50
Iranian-Americans held in what’s known as the “secondary” room at the border by @CBP, some had arrived at 8 am & didn’t get to leave till 3:30 PM. Kids crying, families wondering why & officers offering nothing beyond: “this is going to the routine for the foreseeable future.”
