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ACLU Sues Jet Blue & TSA for Barring Man Wearing Arabic T-Shirt

ACLU Sues Jet Blue & TSA for Barring Man Wearing Arabic T-Shirt

The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union have sued the Transportation Security Administration and JetBlue Airways in federal court for illegally discriminating against an American resident based solely on the Arabic message on his t-shirt and his ethnicity. Last year, the Iraqi-born architect and blogger Raed Jarrar was prohibited from boarding a flight until he agreed to cover his T-shirt. [includes rush transcript]

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