According to Chris Mancini, a family friend and former federal prosecutor, Ali, Jr. Junior was not so lucky, however, despite producing a United States passport, a clean record sheet, and all other identifying information. Khalilah Ali was not detained because she was able to produce a picture of herself and her late ex-husband. He was flying with his mother, Ali's first wife Khalilah, from Jamaica to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when immigration officers stopped him. Trump's executive order, which in January temporarily barred visitors from seven Muslim-majority nations, including Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen, has been on hold after federal courts weighed in.Ī new revised order is expected to come from the White House next week.Muhammad Ali, Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, was allegedly detained at a Florida airport and interrogated about his name and religion, according to the Miami New Times. 'It doesn’t matter how long they detained him it was that they detained him in the first place,' he added. The nature of this entire detention was based upon his Arabic name and his religion,' Mancini said. “This isn’t just conjecture, this isn’t just supposition.

and Camacho-Ali had traveled to Paris together before the ban, and that neither of them had been asked upon re-entry to the US if they were Muslim. and his mother, whom he describes as well-traveled, are linking their experience to President Trump’s executive order barring Muslims of certain nationalities from entering the country. “Due to the restrictions of the Privacy Act, US Customs and Border Protection cannot discuss individual travelers however, all international travelers arriving in the US are subject to CBP inspection,” the agency said.Īccording to Mancini, Ali Jr. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, the CPB said it cannot divulge information about specific detainments. was repeatedly asked questions like, “Where did you get your name from?” and “Are you Muslim?”

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