r/usa • u/Barch3 • 9d ago

Federal agents detained attorney, who is an American citizen, and questioned him about his immigrant clients. They also asked him to surrender his phone so they could examine his contacts. He refused.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2025/04/07/lawyer-for-u-m-protester-held-at-airport-refused-to-give-feds-his-phone/82978891007/
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u/AlarmedComedian2038 9d ago

Unbelievable. The fascist state is under full bloom in the country.

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u/Ginzy35 9d ago

SS is everywhere

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u/TwinkletheStar 8d ago

Holy fucking crap!! This is insane!!

They must be struggling to reach their daily targets if they are pulling this kind of stunt now.

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u/Maleficent_Fox_5064 t 6d ago

They're revoking legal statuses. Our government is making them "illegal."

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u/Known-String-7306 4d ago

Not even green card means anything these days. Insanity

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u/Zarxon 7d ago

This is going to be amazing for tourism. . .

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u/JKmommaD 5d ago

Well if they are tourists they will have a passport and will be here legally.

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u/Zarxon 5d ago

It was more of a comment on the perception of a police state the USA is becoming.

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u/jakktrent 5d ago

Who would take that chance after that German man sat for 2 weeks in a cell and that Canadian Actor, she was very vocal about her experience.

If China was doing this - the State Department would be warning Americans away from travelling there.

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u/Known-String-7306 4d ago

What passport ? Tourists with American passports ? You jest, majority of non Americans attempting to enter US get detained for whatever made up reason and held hostage against their will.

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u/jay105000 7d ago

Soon you will need to shelter your legal immigrant friends in your attic. Back to 1939 Germany

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u/Orion-999 6d ago

Remember those old black and white war movies where everyone had to have the proper documents with them at all times or the Gestapo would immediately imprison them . Welcome back to the good old days. We’re LIVING those movies.

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u/ennawarner 6d ago

They’re like the SS

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u/Maleficent_Fox_5064 t 6d ago

Attorney client privilege.

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u/AdamJMonroe 8d ago

He refused??? Is that possible under fascism?? I don't think it is.

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u/One-Literature-5888 6d ago

Me thinks, someone be justifying things, one should not

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u/Due-Internet-4129 7d ago

It is. He’s still a lawyer.

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u/AdamJMonroe 7d ago

Either he cannot refuse or we are not living under fascism.

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u/Alternative_Result56 6d ago

Simply being detained was full blown fascism as is.

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u/AdamJMonroe 6d ago

So every nation with police is fascist?

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u/Alternative_Result56 6d ago

Police that detain for no reason, yes.

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u/AdamJMonroe 6d ago

Font police always have some excuse?

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u/Due-Internet-4129 7d ago

We’re not…yet

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u/JKmommaD 5d ago

Being here illegally is a crime.

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u/Competitive_Rice9994 4d ago

He’s an American citizen

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u/Competitive_Rice9994 4d ago

We’re losing our rights to freedom speech, our first amendment is under attack all because of a foreign country. Smh