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U.S. Citizen Asks Federal Court to Insure Safe Passage For His Family Back from Canada
December 21, 2006

A suburban Chicago father and U.S. Citizen today asked a federal judge to help ensure a safe, uneventful trip across the U.S.-Canadian border when he, his wife and young children travel next week. The emergency motion filed in federal district court today on behalf of Akif Rahman, the owner of a Chicago company software company, followed an incident on Sunday evening where agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol detained Mr. Rahman for at least one hour at the Toronto Airport, and subjected him to terrorist screening procedures that caused him to miss a scheduled flight. read more »


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