It seems that the US authorities are being stricter about whom they are letting into the country, following Donald Trump's 90-day ban on travellers from seven Muslim states. But the detention for 10 hours at Houston airport of a French-Jewish academic born in Egypt is baffling - not least because Egypt is not one of the seven states. JTA reports (with thanks: Michelle):
Henry Rousso: mistaken for an 'illegal alien'
WASHINGTON (JTA) – U.S.
authorities came close to deporting an Egyptian-born French Jewish
Holocaust-era scholar on his way to speak at a symposium at Texas
A&M University.
Henry Rousso was detained for ten hours starting Wednesday evening in
Houston. The university enlisted one of its law professors who
specializes in immigrant rights to intervene, The Eagle, a news site
covering the Bryan-College Station area, where the university is
located, reported on Saturday.
The newspaper reported that there was a “misunderstanding” regarding
Rousso’s visa, leading authorities to classify him as an illegal alien.
Rousso confirmed his ordeal on Twitter.
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