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U.S. Lawmakers Ask Obama Admin to Stop Racial Profiling of Sikhs
Bangalore: The U.S. lawmakers have requested the Transportation Security Administration (the federal agency responsible for security of airports in the country) to put an end to the racial profiling of people from South Asia and Middle East including Black, Sikhs and Muslims travelers. Around 16 Congressmen had signed a letter addressed to John S Pistole, the TSA Administrator, reports PTI.
"Despite efforts to prevent profiling by its screeners, news reports indicate that (TSA) Transportation Security Administration screeners continue to subject Sikh, South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Black travellers to profiling. In the past few months incidents have occurred at airports in Massachusetts, Hawaii and New Jersey," Congressman Judy Chu said in his letter.
"This past August, news reports indicated that (TSA) Transportation Security Administration screeners at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts subjected minorities to profiling, in particular Latinos, blacks and those who appeared to be from the Middle East. Similar allegations have been made in recent months about TSA screeners at airports in Hawaii and New Jersey," the letter said.
"Although there were reports that these screeners are being retrained in these locations, this is not enough. We therefore request a briefing on everything that TSA is doing to address racial, ethnic and religious profiling which continues to be an issue for the Sikh, South Asian, Arab, Muslim, Hispanic and Black travelers," the Congressmen say in the letter.
"In 2009, TSA concluded that they have the capacity to undertake an independent audit but decided that it was not necessary because the new Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT) machines would resolve profiling concerns. But this did not prove to be true," it said.
"Sikhs, who are religiously required to wear turbans, report being set aside for secondary pat-downs 100 per cent of the time at some airports, even after passing through AIT machines without incident. An independent audit would ensure TSA can adequately address any profiling within the agency, ultimately making all Americans feel safer and more secure at our nation's airports," the letter said.