A federal report has found security screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport deliberately singled out passengers from Mexico and the Dominican Republic for prolonged questioning and luggage searches. According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, profiling from 2008 to 2009 was so widespread Transportation Security Administration employees began referring to their colleagues as “Mexican hunters.” The targeting of Mexican and Dominican passengers was apparently enacted to drive up the number of referrals by the airport’s behavior detection unit so that it would appear productive.