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Fourteen New Jersey women who allege security at Newark Liberty International Airport racially profiled and discriminated against them are asking for $100,000 apiece and an apology, according to a letter sent by their lawyer to Homeland Security officials.
The women, who are of Middle Eastern descent and identify as Muslim, say they were illegally targeted and harassed by Transportation Security Administration agents because each was wearing a hijab.
Jay Rehman, a civil rights attorney for the South Plainfield-based New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations forwarded a copy of the letter to NJ Advance Media.
“The embarrassment and humiliation that our clients experienced at the hands of the TSA is incalculable,” the complaint says.