Miami Feb 25 (IANS) Muhammad Ali Jr. son of the late legendary boxer was reportedly detained for several hours by immigration officials at an airport in Florida a media report said.
According to the report on Friday by the Courier-Journal daily Ali Jr. and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali were arriving at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport from a Black History Month event in Jamaica on February 7 when they were pulled aside by customs and asked if they were Muslims.
Ali s lawyer Chris Mancini told the Courier-Journal that while Camacho-Ali was let go her son was questioned for almost two hours about his origin where he was born and his religion.
Ali is a Muslim born in Philadelphia and holds a US passport.
To the Ali family it s crystal clear that this is directly linked to Trump s efforts to ban Muslims from the United States Mancini said referring to President Donald Trump s executive order banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.
The order was put on hold by a federal judge on February 3 The Hill magazine reported.
Camacho-Ali and Ali Jr. live 20 minutes from the airport in Florida.
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Muhammad Ali Jr. detained by immigration at Florida airport
