SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The federal government has agreed to pay two men $35,000 each to settle lawsuits after the men were detained and interrogated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in separate incidents at the downtown bus station in Spokane.
Attorneys for Andres Sosa Segura and Mohanad Elshieky said Thursday the detentions were part of a pattern of discriminatory behavior by CBP agents.
The two men filed lawsuits in which they contended that agents regularly targeted people of color who were riding Greyhound buses through Spokane and interrogated them about their immigration status.