Rustem Kazazi, left, his wife, Lejla, and son Erald have sued US Customs and Border Protection.

Rustem Kazazi, left, his wife, Lejla, and son Erald have sued US Customs and Border Protection.

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US Customs seizes Ohio family's life savings at airport

Members of an immigrant family in Ohio say US Customs and Border Protection seized $58,100 of their life savings. Now they want it back. Rustem Kazazi, 64, was headed to his native Albania to visit relatives in October, according to a federal lawsuit that he, his wife, Lejla, and son, Erald, filed this week in Ohio against the agency and others.