Left-wing expert Hasan Piker said U.S. border agents asked him at Trump and Gaza locations | U.S. immigration

Hasan Piker, a U.S.-born progressive political commentator, said he was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents when he returned to the country from France on Sunday and asked about his views on Donald Trump and Israel’s war policies.

Piker narrated the incident on his Twitch Live on Monday, saying he was taken to a private room in Chicago O'Hare Airport and conducted nearly two hours of interviews on his political views.

"The purpose here is to put fear in people's hearts and have a fearful effect on speech, and scare you like the government does," Pique said. "Did this stop me from saying anything fucking to say? Of course not. Don't be ridiculous. But the reason I want to talk about it is to make you do to the government and oppose this kind of thing."

Left-wing streaming has built mass on YouTube and twitched in his political, cultural and social commentary blending. Piker, born in New Jersey, will carry a U.S. passport when he reenters on Sunday after he goes to France with his family to celebrate Mother's Day.

“I think they do this because they know who I am and they want to include fear of God into me,” Peck said.

"It's nothing more than lying," DHS spokesman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "It's unfounded to claim that his political beliefs sparked the inspection. Our officials are following the law, not the agenda."

She added: "After entering the country, the person is referred for further inspections - a daily legal process that applies to any traveler every day. Once the inspection is completed, he will release him immediately."

Parker repeatedly described the exchange as “kind” but said he was transparent about his interview with his officials and he planned to speak out about his experiences, and the feature film says anything but random and “routine” felt.

Peck said that assuming the official was familiar with his online comments, he was frank about his views and told agents that he didn’t like the U.S. president.”

He said the officer focused especially on his criticism of Israel’s prosecution of the Gaza war, asking him: “Do you like Hamas? Like, do you support Hamas? Do you think Hamas is a resistance group?”

In response, Pique said he told the officer that he was a "pacifist" and hoped for "an endless bloodshed end."

“I just repeated this over and over again,” he said, describing the line of questioning as “crazy” and infringing on his First Amendment rights.

Pique said this is his first attempt to return to the U.S. using the Global Admission Program, which usually speeds up travel. He returned to the University of Chicago School of Political Science on Monday to speak.

Pique said neither his phone nor laptop searched. He said the interview ended shortly after asking whether he was detained or whether he was free to go. The official told him he was not in custody, but Pique described it as de facto detention. ”

"We are deeply disturbed that the CBP is blocking political commentators at the border to ask them about the first amendment protection activities. This abuse of power is an insult to the freedom of the press," Chip Gibbons, director of policy for defending rights and dissent, said in a statement.

Alex Peter, an attorney and popular online creator who shares content about the U.S. judicial system, wrote: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) marks and detains one of the largest left-wing voices in the U.S., while Trump administrators say they may suspend the corpus of personal disabilities, which is not suitable for the future.”