Was it profiling or just an overzealous officer? Hey I’ve been pulled aside at the airport a few times, once in the US and once in Mexico, the latter being for no reason at all. Well that’s a lie I pulled aside because I left when my niece got randomly picked to be questioned about her visit to Cancun.
That’s just the thing about random picks, there’s no quota for how many males/females, white/black, Christian/Muslim get stopped – PB/TK
Customs: Ali’s son wasn’t detained because he’s Muslim – Kirsten Clark and Danielle Lerner, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Saturday that it held Muhammad Ali Jr., the son of the late legendary boxer, for questioning in a Florida airport earlier this month, but said Ali wasn’t singled out because he’s a Muslim.
Ali Jr., 44, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the second wife of Muhammad Ali, were pulled aside for questioning at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Feb. 7 while returning from a speaking engagement in Jamaica, Chris Mancini, a Florida lawyer and friend of the Ali family, told The Courier-Journal on Friday.
Mancini said the pair were detained because of their Arabic-sounding names, and Ali Jr. was repeatedly asked, “Where did you get your name from?” and “Are you Muslim?”
Customs spokesman Daniel Hetlage declined to provide details of the incident, citing policies that protect travelers’ privacy, but he wrote in an email that the agency does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation
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