Muhammad Ali Jr helps punch back on Trump immigration order
By AFP
10 March 2017 |
4:42 am
The son of the late boxing icon Muhammad Ali, who claims he was detained by US officials last month because he is Muslim, joins Democrats in their fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
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