Campaign To Stop Racial Profiling-When 'Flying While
Black'
In March 2000 a General
Accounting Office (GAO) report revealed that Black women are more likely than
any other U.S.
citizens to be strip-searched by the U.S. Customs Service. The GAO found that
in 1997 to 1998, an astounding 97 percent of passengers forced to submit to
pat-down searches, and 77 percent of the passengers forced to submit to
strip-searches were innocent.
There are over 1,300 Black
women international travelers in Chicago
that have filed a Class-Action Lawsuit against the Customs Service. Only 90 of
these travelers cases are moving forward.
Many found out too late that they were being violated by the Customs
Service and their complaints had reached the "statue of limitations."
Join C.E.A.D.A. for a convoy to Chicago
a few days before this historic trial.
Monitor the below websites
or contact the Rev. Al Sampson in Chicago
at (773) 445-7125 for information
on this convoy.
Help C.E.A.D.A. get justice
for these women...
Cathy Harris,
founder/executive director for Customs Employees Against Discrimination
Association (CEADA)-acts as an oversight committee over Customs practices. CEADA urges everyone to contact their
elected officials and urge them to support the following three new bills.
Civil Rights for
International Travelers Act - H.R. 1996 introduced by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)_
with co-signer Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.)
Reasonable Search Standards
Act - S. 799 introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) with co-signer George
Vionovich (R-OH)
Whistleblower Protection Act
Amendment of 2001 - S. 995 introduced by Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) and Carl Levin (D-M) along with Congresswoman Constance
Morella (R-Md.), Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.)