Profiling in American Airports

For travelers of Arab descent attempting to travel in and around the United States, the answer is clearly yes: racial profiling by airport security is a real problem. Despite federal regulations against it, the settlement of ethnic profiling lawsuits by major airlines, the apparent practice of profiling by U.S. Customs agents against Arabs of varying origins, and even against Arab Americans with impeccable backgrounds are all proof that racial profiling exists in the airline industry and that it is a real problem facing airport security officials in their attempt to make America a safer place to be.

Racial profiling in airports has become a significant problem in America. So much so that, in a lawsuit settlement, Delta Airlines, Inc. has agreed to spend $900,000 for worker civil rights training after U.S. regulators "found the carrier im

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