Posted on 05/09/2018 8:29:15 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Anthonia Nwaorie spent years saving up thousands of dollars to open a medical clinic in Nigeria, where she was born. Finally, last October, she walked down a jet bridge at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport to board the plane to get there.
The 59-year-old registered nurse had more than $37,000 in her carry-on bag and $4,000 in her purse. It was all cash, stowed in separate envelopes, some of it earmarked to help ill or aging family members. In her checked luggage she packed medical supplies and over-the-counter medication, which she planned to use to provide free basic care and checkups to anyone who needed it.
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The questioning threw her off guard. She explained she had legally earned the money and she was alone. Nwaorie, who lives in Katy, Tex., became a U.S. citizen since 1994. She showed her passport, thinking perhaps they were questioning her legal status. The agents took her to a room to search her and her luggage anyway.
Then they seized all $41,377 dollars.
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More than six months later, Customs and Border Protection still has not given back her money.
This, despite the fact that the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of Texas did not bring a civil asset forfeiture case against her or charge her with any crime.
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The agency told her in April it would give back her money under one condition: that she give up her right to sue the federal government. It’s called a “hold-harmless agreement.” The condition, her attorney says, violates Nwaorie’s basic First Amendment rights to petition the government for grievances.
Nwaorie didn’t sign it, deciding to sue instead.
“This is just about as unconstitutional as it gets,” said Nwaorie’s attorney, Dan Alban of the Institute for Justice, which specializes in civil asset forfeiture.
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She should have set up a bank relationship
It sounds like extortion to me.
Triple damages would really help her clinic.
Yeah, Nigerian bankers are emailing me all the time..............
Jeff Sessions has been AG for 1 year, 3 months.
You mean Nigerian princes.
Sounds to me like armed robbery under color of authority.
Those responsible should face the requisite penalties.
I hope she makes an extra million or two when she sues.
The problem is the money won’t come out of the pockets of the TSA idiot that started this.
They don’t have wire transfers to Nigeria? I don’t believe it.
If it’s a jury trial, she can’t lose.
You may take out as much cash from the United States as you like, and bring in as much cash as you like, as long as you report any amount over $10,000. See: Currency and Monetary Instruments - Amount that can be brought into or leave the U.S.
There are laws against fraud and theft.
The government hates competition.
Princes, bankers desperate souls...............
With Nigeria? Good luck there. For some reason, government bureaucrats and lawyers are attracted to cash like flies are to fresh dung.
I will be nice. It’s Unwise to carry that much cash.
(she’s an idiot)
I wonder if she declared the money as she is supposed to.
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