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A Palestinian Harvard freshman denied entry to the U.S. ten days before his first semester has arrived on campus just in time for his first day of classes.

Ismail Ajjawi, a 17 year old from Tyre, Lebanon, was stopped in Boston Logan International Airport and interrogated for more than eight hours, according to Harvard’s student newspaper, The Crimson. Customs and Border Protection officers did not give a reason for the hold-up, but after searching Ajjawi’s phone and laptop, they asked why he had added people on social media that posted anti-U.S. comments. The officer also allegedly asked Ajjawi about his religious practices in Lebanon.

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