Popular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who goes by the online name HasanAbi, said he was held and questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents when he returned from a trip to France at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Piker talked about what happened during a live stream and in later statements.
Piker, a Turkish-American citizen with a large online following on multiple platforms, said that when he arrived at the airport on Sunday, he was taken to a separate area for additional screening and questioned for about two hours. As found by User Mag, Piker said the CBP agents knew who he was and asked him many questions about his political opinions, including what he thought about President Donald Trump and his views on the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
