Air vigilantes.British vacationers in Spain refused to board their plane home last August until the crew kicked off two South Asian men who were on their flight. Several passengers heard the men speaking a language other than English and incorrectly assumed that they were speaking Arabic. Even British Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States spokesman Patrick Mercer Patrick John Mercer OBE (born 26 June 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Newark. Biography Born in Stockport, Cheshire Patrick Mercer is the son of Eric Arthur John Mercer, who became Bishop of Exeter. noted the injustice Injustice American concentration camps 110,000 Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 487] Bassianus murdered after being falsely accused. [Br. Lit. : "For those unfortunate two men to be victimized because of the color of their skin is just nonsense." A few days later, a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Bombay made an emergency landing so 12 Indian passengers could be removed by authorities. After being detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: for more than a day, the men were released when they were found to have no connections to terrorism. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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