Posted: May 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 11
Three U.S. border officers stationed at the Blue Water Bridge crossing between Ontario and Michigan have sued the U.S. government alleging racial discrimination at the border. At the same time, the American Civil Liberties Union has released data that it says proves racial profiling at the border in Michigan.(Paul Sancya/The Associated Press)
Allegations of racial profiling at the U.S. border are nothing new: A number of reported
incidents have made headlines, including last year's flood of detentions of Iranian-born
What's more unusual is how those allegations are now coming from inside the agency that oversees the U.S. border — and they're from border officers themselves.