Two Palestinian Americans have filed a lawsuit against the US government accusing the Biden administration of placing one of them on a “no-fly” list and the other on a watchlist for their activism and advocacy against Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.
On Monday, Mustafa Zeidan and Osama Abu Irshaid filed the lawsuit, with support from the national office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its Los Angeles chapter.
Abu Irshaid, who had previously been removed from a government watchlist in 2017, disclosed that he only learned of his reentry onto the list upon his return from an international trip in June.
He was unable to print out his boarding pass at the self-service kiosk at the airport, and when he went to the service desk, a boarding pass was issued with the lettering, “SSSS” (Secondary Security Screening Selection).
He was then detained by US federal agents, who proceeded to question him about his advocacy around Palestine.
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