Jordanian teen caught up in extra scrutiny after travel ban
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
Attorneys say a Jordanian teenager who was detained after flying to Houston might have been netted due to heightened scrutiny following President Donald Trump's executive order to curb immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2jBona2 ) that Mohammad Abu Khadra remains in custody Thursday at a Chicago detention center. The 16-year-old was detained Saturday.
Mohammad is among dozens of U.S. visa holders who have been detained at airports since Trump signed the order prohibiting citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days. Jordan is not one of the countries listed in the order.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
But Ali Zakaria, an attorney representing Mohammad's family, says the teenager might have revealed he was enrolled at a Houston-area high school, in violation of his tourist visa.