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Monday, July 14, 2025

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Racial profiling will still be allowed by TSA and Homeland Security

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Via Flickr Sam Ley

As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, government officials said Friday that many officers and agents at the Department of Homeland Security will still be allowed to use the controversial practice, including while they screen airline passengers and guard the country’s southwestern border.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is expected early next week to detail long-awaited revisions in the Justice Department’s rules for racial profiling, banning it from national security cases for the first time. The changes­ will also expand the definition of profiling to prevent FBI agents from considering factors such as religion and national origin when opening cases­, officials said.

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