Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was subjected to a “secondary immigration check” upon his arrival in the U.S. due to which he had to spend two hours at the airport.
“Another random secondary immigration check upon landing in the U.S. Thrice in three visits, the randomness is growing tiresome now,” Mr. Abdullah tweeted.
In another tweet he said, “I just spent TWO hours in a holding area & this happens EVERY time. Unlike @iamsrk I don’t even catch Pokemon to pass the time,” a reference to actor Shahrukh Khan, who was “detained” in August at the Los Angeles airport, third time in seven years that he had been stopped by U.S. immigration officials at the country’s airports.
Mr. Abdullah tweeted:
I just spent TWO hours in a holding area & this happens EVERY time. Unlike @iamsrk I don’t even catch Pokemon to pass the time.
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) October 16, 2016
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Mr. Khan too had tweeted that while he fully understood and respected security protocols, “to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks”.
Mr. Abdullah said he is in the U.S. to speak at an event at New York University “but almost wish stayed at home instead”.
“Ah well, that’s two hours well & truly wasted!!,” he said.
Mr. Abdullah tweeted:
I’m here to speak at an event organised by NYU but I almost wish I’d stayed at home instead. Ah well, that’s two hours well & truly wasted!!
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) October 16, 2016
He is scheduled to speak at the event organised by the students of New York University on October 21, 2016, which is expected to be attended by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.
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