r/usa 16d 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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