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June 17, 2011

Report: TSA Screeners Deliberately Targeted Mexicans, Dominicans at Newark Airport 
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A federal report has found security screeners at Newark Liberty
International Airport deliberately singled out passengers from Mexico
and the Dominican Republic for prolonged questioning and luggage
searches. According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, profiling from 2008
to 2009 was so widespread Transportation Security Administration
employees began referring to their colleagues as "Mexican hunters." The
targeting of Mexican and Dominican passengers was apparently enacted to
drive up the number of referrals by the airport’s behavior detection
unit so that it would appear productive.



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