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[Liberal streamer]Twitch star HasanAbi [Hasan Piker] says he was detained, questioned by border agents
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/12/hasan-piker-detained-border-agents-twitch/
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Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, his opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist groups.
Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer who has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, said Monday that he was detained and questioned at length by Customs and Border Protection officers upon returning to the United States over the weekend.
Piker, a U.S. citizen who streams on Twitch under the name HasanAbi, said in a live stream that he was taken aside after landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport from Paris on Sunday — despite being enrolled in Global Entry, a CBP program that is supposed to give expedited clearance to “pre-approved, low-risk travelers” returning to the U.S.
Piker said he was brought to a detention room inside O’Hare that had “fluorescent lightbulbs, the whole nine [yards]” and where a CBP agent questioned him for about two hours about his job, his political affiliation, his opinion of Trump and whether he had any connections to terrorist groups.
“They knew who I was and they were ready to receive me, let’s just say, and it wasn’t a very warm welcome,” said Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has more than 2.8 million followers on Twitch. (Twitch is owned by Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)
Gift Link https://wapo.st/3GT4WVy
Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, his opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist groups.
Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer who has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, said Monday that he was detained and questioned at length by Customs and Border Protection officers upon returning to the United States over the weekend.
Piker, a U.S. citizen who streams on Twitch under the name HasanAbi, said in a live stream that he was taken aside after landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport from Paris on Sunday — despite being enrolled in Global Entry, a CBP program that is supposed to give expedited clearance to “pre-approved, low-risk travelers” returning to the U.S.
Piker said he was brought to a detention room inside O’Hare that had “fluorescent lightbulbs, the whole nine [yards]” and where a CBP agent questioned him for about two hours about his job, his political affiliation, his opinion of Trump and whether he had any connections to terrorist groups.
“They knew who I was and they were ready to receive me, let’s just say, and it wasn’t a very warm welcome,” said Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has more than 2.8 million followers on Twitch. (Twitch is owned by Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)
As a US born US citizen with Global Entry and brown skin, I know the drill. But this is a whole new level of politically targeted aggression. Be safe out there DUers. They'll try to entrap you with your DU or social media posts.
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