Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel
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"Just as border officers may not single out Christian Americans to ask what denomination they are, which church they attend, and how regularly they pray, singling out Muslim Americans for similar questions is unconstitutional," the plaintiffs wrote in the suit, which asks the court to bar officers from questioning the men about their faith, and to expunge records containing information that was obtained through this questioning.
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