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Border goons detain US citizen for having an opinion

Ellsworth Toohey
May 12, 2025
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Welcome to Trump's America, where government agencies detain US citizens to question them about constitutionally protected speech.

As reported in UserMag, CBP agents detained Hasan Piker — a popular progressive streamer and a New Jersey-born US citizen — when he flew back from France this weekend. The authorities in Chicago questioned …

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