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Are You Afraid to Travel This 4th of July? You're Not Alone.
Launched: July 4, 2010
This Action Expired: July 30, 2010
Description:
At the Long Beach, CA, airport, a 28-year-old married student, Halime Sat, tried to board a plane to Oakland, CA. She was denied access. Ms. Sat, a resident of Corona, CA, has suddenly been put on the government's no-fly list. She has no criminal record nor affiliation with any outlawed organization anywhere in the world. The only crime committed by this young German citizen, who is married to an American: Flying while Muslim.
Ms. Sat is one of a ten plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleging that thousands of people have been added to the no-fly list and barred from commercial travel, without any opportunity to learn about or refute the basis for their inclusion on the list.
While Muslim residents like Ms. Sat are being kept off our nation's airlines, Latinos in the Southwest are worried about what might happen to them on the Arizona highways. The ACLU of Southern California is so concerned about what the Arizona police might do this heavy-travel weekend that we have issued a "travel alert" to educate Latinos (but not just Latinos) about the dangers of driving to Arizona.
The ACLU is distributing a cardboard "pocket guide" in Spanish and English, explaining what to do if people are stopped by the police in Arizona, who are now required to investigate the immigration status of every person they come across whom they have "reasonable suspicion" to believe is in the country unlawfully. The police's new powers are so broad, they've created a new Arizona-specific crime: Driving while Latino.
At the ACLU, we have created a nationwide campaign around it: What Happens in Arizona Stops in Arizona.
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