DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling

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DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling

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U.S. News@beehaw.org · 5 days ago

Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.

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