India, April 16 -- Bachir Atallah, a real estate lawyer from New Hampshire, stated he and his wife were arrested at the US border without any justification.

On Sunday, US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted Atallah and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, at the northern border while they were returning after a brief family trip from Canada.

"I literally drove my car to Canada for the weekend, and on the way back, I was treated like a criminal," Atallah, who has been a US citizen for 10 years, told NBC10 Boston.

He further claimed that they were forcefully removed from his vehicle by immigration authorities at a border crossing. "He asked me, 'Exit the vehicle right now,' and he reached for his gun," Atallah recalled the incident. ...