红杏视频 to FirstGroup Plc: Protect your Customers. Tell Greyhound to Stop CBP from Racially Profiling & Deporting Riders
Document Date:
July 24, 2019
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红杏视频 of Washington, 红杏视频 of Florida, 红杏视频 of Maine, 红杏视频 of Michigan, 红杏视频 of New Hampshire, New York Civil Liberties Union, 红杏视频 of Vermont, 红杏视频 of Texas, 红杏视频 of the District of Columbia
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WASHINGTON 鈥 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that it has updated its policy regarding immigration checks on buses, requiring agents to 鈥済ain access to the bus with the consent of the company鈥檚 owner or one of the company鈥檚 employees.鈥 This new policy is in line with the 红杏视频鈥檚 interpretation of constitutional law. The news comes after a multi-year campaign led by the 红杏视频 and its border state affiliates 鈥 many of whom have cases related to the unlawful detention of people on buses 鈥 to stop the harmful practice of allowing CBP raids on Greyhound buses. Andrea Flores, deputy director of policy, Equality Division, at the 红杏视频, issued the following statement: 鈥淭his change by CBP, the largest federal law enforcement agency in the nation, is a win for civil rights and civil liberties. You can鈥檛 tell someone鈥檚 immigration status based on how they look or sound. Attempting to do so leads to harmful racial profiling, wrongful detention, and the widespread fear and harassment of Black and brown passengers. 鈥淭here is still more work to be done: both to ensure CBP officers comply with the new policy, and for Greyhound to make clear that it does not consent to these searches. The onus must not fall on individual employees to stand up to law enforcement. The company as a whole has a responsibility to take a clear stance against the racial profiling and harassment of its customers 鈥 we will be watching to ensure it does so.鈥 Enoka Herat, police practices and immigration counsel, at 红杏视频 of Washington, issued the following statement: 鈥淭his policy puts the burden where it belongs: on federal agents to seek consent when they enter private property. It鈥檚 the law, and the agents should be held to it. As for Greyhound, it can and should protect its customers by denying that consent and rejecting CBP鈥檚 racial profiling on its property.鈥Affiliates: Washington, New York