Racism? - USA - Ticket sellers told to deny service to apparent illegals
San Ysidro,San Diego,CAL,USA -The Union Tribune, by Leslie Berestein & Norma de la Vega -Sept 23, 2005: -- One recent afternoon at the Greyhound bus terminal in San Ysidro, Latino passengers waited to travel to points north such as Los Angeles and Las Vegas... What they didn't know as they waited is that for the past three years, the Dallas-based bus company has warned its employees not to sell tickets "to anyone you know or believe to be an illegal alien," or face termination, arrest or both... Greyhound said the internal policy is based on federal law and is meant to address immigrant smuggling, and was put in place for fear of legal consequences if the law is broken. But it also opens the door to racial profiling, say some national Latino advocacy organizations, which are hoping to persuade the company to reconsider its rules...
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