US Says Reports of Holding Iranian Americans at Border With Canada Are False

Vehicles line up to enter the United States at the Peace Arch border crossing between Blaine, Washington and White Rock, British Columbia in a file photograph. Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated that reports that border agents are detaining Iranians and Iranian Americans at the U.S.–Canada border aren’t accurate.

“Social media posts that CBP is detaining Iranian-Americans and refusing their entry into the U.S. because of their country of origin are false,” the agency wrote on Twitter.