TSA ‘Behavior Detection Program’ Aimed at Undocumented Immigrants, Not Terrorists
A Transportation Security Administration checklist that presents yawning, throat clearing and staring at one’s feet as "suspicious" behavior targets undocumented immigrants, Intercept reporter Jana Winter tells “Democracy Now!”A Transportation Security Administration checklist that presents yawning, throat clearing and staring at one’s feet as “suspicious” behavior targets undocumented immigrants, Intercept reporter Jana Winter tells “Democracy Now!”
“Democracy Now!” reports:
Taking a five-week period at a major U.S. airport, The Intercept found that 90 percent of all those arrested were detained for being in the country illegally. Not a single passenger was arrested or suspected for ties to terrorism. The overwhelming detention of undocumented immigrants bolsters criticism that government screening programs have targeted passengers with racial profiling.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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