Article: Muslim exchange student from Switzerland barred entry to United States because of watch list


AP Worldstream
10-04-2004
Dateline: BRATTLEBORO, Vermont
A high school student from Switzerland was barred from flying to the United States for a foreign exchange program after his name appeared on a government watch list.

The 17-year-old boy, identified by school officials only by his first name, Fuad, was left behind when 20 other students from Switzerland flew Thursday to New England to take part in the exchange.

Sen. Patrick Leahy's office unsuccessfully sought to intervene with the State Department. Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, said ...

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