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TRUMP’s REVISED TRAVEL BAN: Again, Muhammed Ali’s son detained at airport
For the second time in less than a month, Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, whose mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali was Ali’s second wife, was detained and questioned at Washington airport.
According to lawyer for the late heavyweight champion’s son, Ali Jr was questioned at the airport before being allowed to board a flight to Fort Lauderdale after meeting with lawmakers to discuss a separate airport detention incident last month.
Recounting the incident, Chris Mancini, attorney to Ali Jr, said his client was detained for 20 minutes when he attempted to board a JetBlue Airways flight home to Florida on Friday.
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Mancini said Ali spoke to Department of Homeland Security officials by telephone and showed his driver’s license and passport before he was allowed to board.
“None of this was happening Wednesday,” Mancini said in a telephone interview Friday afternoon as he was traveling with the Alis. “Going to Washington obviously opened up a can of worms at DHS.”
Recall that Ali and his mother, Khalilah Camacho Ali, were stopped at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after returning from Jamaica on Feb. 7.
They traveled to Washington on Wednesday without incident to speak to members of a congressional subcommittee on border security about that experience.
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