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Pretextual Airport Stops
Recently, while traveling from Washington D.C. to sunny Florida, Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) sent me to secondary inspection at the airport. Apparently, my bag had an object that they could not identify. They asked me to identify the Read More …
Are Credit Card Companies Racial Profiling?
Welcome the era of credit card profiling. Credit card companies once used data mining techniques to monitor credit transactions for theft. Now, though, they’re turning to such tactics to identify “risky” consumers and slap them with high interest rates and credit reductions. Read More …
My Name is Khan And Hence I was Detained
Imagine detaining Tom Cruise in Mumbai because his common name is on a list of common names allegedly associated with ‘terrorism.’ Shahrukh Khan is living a Kafkaesque nightmare — detained in New Jersey for his last name while he is Read More …
U.S. Government Wrongfully Detaining Citizens and Tourists
I came across an outrageous article today that reminded me of a caller I spoke to when I staffed the National Lawyers’ Guild 9-11 Hotline. He was a dual-citizen of Bulgaria and the United States who was apprehended by Homeland Read More …
race is a proxy for 'illegal' presence
How ridiculous is it that the ICE is deporting US citizens in error?! How do you possibly goof-up like that? Read the article here I m just going to be blunt. I don’t see any white people mistakenly identified as Read More …