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DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling

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The Justice Department has ordered the DEA to suspend its longstanding practice of searching passengers at airports.

The department’s internal watchdog raised concerns that it was fueling widespread civil rights violations and potential racial profiling.

The IG found that the program “creates substantial risks that DEA Special Agents and Task Force Officers will conduct these activities improperly; impose unwarranted burdens on, and violate the legal rights of, innocent travelers”.

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