ACLU Issues Travel Warning For Texas Amid New Immigration Law
Travelers could encounter “widespread racial profiling” in the Lone Star State, the alert says.
By Lydia O’Connor
The American Civil Liberties Union issued an alert Tuesday to those traveling to or through Texas, warning that the state’s newly signed harsh immigration law could lead to authorities violating visitors’ constitutional rights.
The travel alert cautions that the law gives a “green light” to Texas law enforcement officials “to investigate a person’s immigration status during a routine traffic stop.” This could lead to “to widespread racial profiling, baseless scrutiny, and illegal arrests of citizens and non-citizens alike presumed to be `foreign’ based on how they look or sound,” the alert said.
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