Comedian questioned by Border Patrol agents in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – A comedian from Portland isn’t laughing after his encounter with Border Patrol agents in Spokane.

Mohanad Elshieky was ordered by Border Patrol agents to get off the Greyhound bus as he was preparing to travel back to Portland after a performance Saturday in Pullman.

The Spokesman-Review reported that Elshieky tweeted that he was interrogated for 20 minutes by agents who contended his papers were fake and that he was in the country illegally.

Elshieky, who is from Libya, tweeted that he was granted asylum and has lived in the United States for five years.

Eventually, the agents released him and told him to carry proper paperwork.

The Spokane City Council in October voted to restrict such searches, but Mayor David Condon has refused to enforce the law.