[euphoria83]

Although it is difficult to do so, maintaining your calm when faced by intimidation by government agents generally works out. Andreas did exactly the right thing - followed his gut calmly then, filed a case in the courts later.

[rwz]

He had a huge benefit of being a US citizen. The worst they could do, is to intimidate and introduce a lot of stress into his life. They can't deny entry into the country to the citizen at the end of the day.

As a green card holder with my whole life being here, I can be denied entry for whatever reason. This makes it pretty much impossible for me to maintain my rights and refuse to cooperate in any way.

[forgot-my-pw]

When did he file a case? It's not mentioned in the blog.

[blattimwind]

> It is in that spirit that I have filed a civil rights complaint with the help of the ACLU against CBP for unlawfully detaining me and violating my constitutional rights.

[forgot-my-pw]

Found the link someone else posted: https://www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-files-complaint-department-...

[andreasgal]

It's a OCRCL complaint: https://www.dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties

[dragonwriter]

It's an administrative complaint with the Department of Homeland Security, not a legal case. Not sure if this is an area where there is an administrative remedy that needs to be exhausted before filing a lawsuit, or if there is some other reason for the decision to take this approach.

[ccnafr]

March 28, according to the complaint