That order has been blocked by federal courts, but administration officials say they will soon introduce new travel restrictions targeting countries with links to terrorism. “We do not discriminate on the basis of religion - that’s been one of the basic, foundational principles of life in America since this country was founded - and then along comes Donald Trump, who pledges in his campaign that he’s going to ban all Muslims,” Mancini said.ĭuring his first week in office, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily suspended travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations to the U.S. Mancini.Ali’s experience, he said, appeared to be a direct result of President Trump’s efforts to subject Muslims entering the country to “extreme vetting.” Ali then produced his United States passport, which was accepted, and went through security and boarded the flight with his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the second wife of Muhammad Ali, and Mr.
Mancini said in an interview on Friday night. “The same state ID from Illinois that he traveled to Washington on was rejected,” Mr.
After answering the questions, he was told that his Illinois-issued identification card, which expires in 2019 but is not a driver’s license, was invalid for flying. Ali, 44, was asked his date of birth, where he was born and his Social Security number, Mr. Ali was told that there was a problem and that the agent needed to call the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Ali, whose father died last year, arrived at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Friday for a flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., he gave his Illinois identification card to a JetBlue agent to get his boarding pass, said his lawyer, Chris Mancini, who was traveling with him and witnessed the episode. spoke with members of Congress about being detained at a Florida airport last month, he was briefly stopped again before boarding a flight on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said.
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