UPDATE: At least 1 journalist and 4 American immigration attorneys have been stopped and questioned at border stations in Arizona and Texas in recent months, according to their interviews with nbcnews.
, were stopped 700 miles to the east in El Paso, Texas. Levy and Ruiz both provide legal assistance to asylum seekers on the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border.
"I was treated like a criminal, people were shouting at me," he added. After four hours at the station, he says he finally agreed to unlock his phone and watched as they scrolled through his contacts. He worries about the information they might have gleaned about the clients he works with.
She says she asked to call her teenage daughter, to let her know she would be home late. The agent refused, and instead called her daughter himself.After 45 minutes, she says, she refused to answer any more questions. The agent left the room, saying he was going to call someone to come arrest her. Instead, he came back and told her she would not be arrested, but she needed to unlock her phone. She refused again.
In a statement, a CBP spokesperson said, “CBP has received the allegations, is reviewing them, and requests additional information from NBC News so we can conduct a thorough review of the facts. … If misconduct is substantiated, appropriate corrective action will be initiated. CBP is fully committed to earning the public trust through accountability and transparency within the law.”
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