November 23rd, 2011
The Council on American-Islamic Relations was not pleased by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s call to profile Muslims as a way to combat terrorism during Tuesday night’s GOP debate on CNN. (more)
November 22nd, 2011
Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum strongly disagreed during Tuesday’s CNN debate about whether the Transportation Security Administration should profile airline passengers. (more)
September 16th, 2010
Despite the anti-discriminatory stipulations included as part of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, President Obama has repeatedly joined with foreign leaders and ethnic pressure groups to condemn the statute as an affront to human rights that enables and encourages racial profiling. (more)
July 24th, 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV — It is well known that you should never stand between a blogger and a free lunch, but at NetRoots Nation, all rules get thrown out the window if you’re doing it for a cause. (more)
July 11th, 2010
Attorney General Eric Holder, just days after filing a federal lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law, on Sunday floated the possibility of filing another suit on racial profiling grounds. (more)
May 3rd, 2010
Conservative governors of states along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday declined to argue that Arizona’s recently passed immigration law is constitutional, though they expressed support on the grounds that the federal government has failed to act. (more)
May 1st, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that makes changes to a controversial new state immigration law, saying the changes should ease concerns about racial profiling. (more)
January 21st, 2010
During a Senate Armed Services Committee review of the Fort Hood shooting today, which also addressed the attempted Christmas Day bombing over Detroit, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) declared, “I’m, for one — I know it’s not politically correct to say it — I believe in racial and ethnic profiling.” (more)
January 3rd, 2010
Warning that America faces an “imminent disaster” without an immediate increase in invasive security practices at airports — including profiling and “strip searching” all young Muslim men — isn’t exactly the most popular stance to take, but Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, who serves on the Iran Policy Committee, said just that today on Fox News. (more)
