* In the most recent case of blatant racial profiling, seven armed police escorted 20-year-old Indian film star Samyuktha Verma and six others from their plane when it landed at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on July 16. A passenger had reported their behavior as “suspicious” when, on their first trip to New York, they excitedly pointed out famous landmarks to each other and switched seats amongst themselves to share window views.
The Bush administration continues to maintain a veil of secrecy over its police-state operations. The government has refused to release the names of people arrested in its dragnets, but has admitted to arresting more than 1,200 Arab and South Asian men, ultimately detaining some 750 people on immigration violations. The majority of these, such as the secretly airlifted 131 Pakistanis, have since been deported. According to figures published in June, 74 foreign nationals are presently being held, but advocacy groups have no way of verifying the numbers without the release of names, and they suspect the numbers may be much higher.
Jeremy Johnson and Lawrence Porter
Article courtesy of World Socialist Web Site: http://www.wsws.org
The Bush administration continues to maintain a veil of secrecy over its police-state operations. The government has refused to release the names of people arrested in its dragnets, but has admitted to arresting more than 1,200 Arab and South Asian men, ultimately detaining some 750 people on immigration violations. The majority of these, such as the secretly airlifted 131 Pakistanis, have since been deported. According to figures published in June, 74 foreign nationals are presently being held, but advocacy groups have no way of verifying the numbers without the release of names, and they suspect the numbers may be much higher.
Jeremy Johnson and Lawrence Porter
Article courtesy of World Socialist Web Site: http://www.wsws.org