EMBASSY Talking Points

Published April 27, 2005

Homeland Security Sued

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of five Islamic American citizens who were detained at the Buffalo, NY border crossing last year after attending an Islamic conference in Toronto. The conference participants, said the ACLU, were welcomed to Canada by the Ontario Premier, the Mayor of Toronto and a ranking RCMP official. But on their return to...