Torture at Border

A federal judge refused to dismiss a Muslim U.S. citizen’s claim that Customs and Border Protection officers in Michigan subjected him to torture by placing him “in isolation in a small, freezing-cold holding cell with excessively bright lights for at least four hours” and denied him medical care even after he became unconscious.

DETROIT — A federal judge refused to dismiss a Muslim U.S. citizen’s claim that Customs and Border Protection officers in Michigan subjected him to torture by placing him “in isolation in a small, freezing-cold holding cell with excessively bright lights for at least four hours” and denied him medical care even after he became unconscious.

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