Libyan-born comedian wins $35k settlement from US government after border agents pulled him off a Greyhound bus and accused him of being an illegal with fake documents
Mohanad Elshieky sued the federal government after border agents arrested and detained him at a bus station in Spokane, Washington, back in 2019
Elshieky, who was on his way home to Portland after a comedy show, said the border agents accused him of being an illegal
Despite him showing proof he had recently been granted asylum, Elshieky said the agents accused him of faking his documents
Elshieky was granted the $35,000 settlement on Thursday
Two men detained by Border Patrol agents at Spokane bus station get $35K in settlements
Border Patrol agents ordered comedian Mohanad Elshieky to get off a bus at the Spokane Intermodal Center in 2019. He was one of two men to file a federal lawsuit. Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 1:17 PM PDT April 29, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. Two men who were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in separate incidents at a Spokane bus station will receive $35,000 each in settlements, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU) on Thursday.
Andres Sosa Segura and Mohanad Elshieky both filed federal lawsuits after their detentions at the Spokane Intermodal Center in 2017 and 2019. They were represented in a lawsuit by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the ACLU and the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
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