NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport.

Dr Faruqi had travelled to the US as part of a self-funded trip investigating drug law reform.

The Greens member of the NSW Legislative Council and party spokesperson on drugs and harm minimisation said she was detained alongside her husband for more than an hour.

After initially presenting her passport and undergoing biometric testing, officials allegedly asked the pair how they obtained their Australian passports.

"We said it was because we lived there and they asked where we were originally from," Dr Faruqi said in a statement.

"When we said Pakistan we were told that someone would be escorting us to the interview room."

In the statement, she noted that she was separated from her husband and interrogated in front of about 10 others people.

"The interview was along the same lines: 'why are you here, do you have a Pakistani passport, have you been to Pakistan, what do you do there?'," Dr Faruqi said.

"To be asked how I got an Australian passport is ridiculous on one level and heart-wrenching at another."

"You don’t expect it, you know you haven’t done anything. It’s a little bit embarrassing."

The pair were eventually released and allowed to commence their tour of the US - where she will meet with drug law reform experts and campaigners in California and Oregon.

Dr Faruqi has resided in Australia for the past 24 years - becoming a citizen two years after initially migrating.

© ninemsn 2016

Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/01/15/19/24/nsw-greens-mp-detained-by-immigration-officials-at-us-airport#bzJKU2M6ZzsGAH8h.99

Hang on a report not from the Telegraph....who are you and what have you done with the real Armchair.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

STIFF SHYTE Don't go to America if you don't like the way the check you out...

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

And on the ABbuggerINC   ;D ;D ;D ;D

Are we supposed to be outraged?

I mean, I get 'randomly' checked for explosives every single time I go on a plane.

Every.   
Single. 
Time.

But I just carry on.

Yes because god knows a 2 minute swab equals interrogation by immigration officials.

Who do those peons think they are, asking questions of queen faruqi? 

They should just count themselves lucky she graces them with her presence.

"Where the faruqi"

"You're in the Yunnitted States of Arrrmerika" M'aam.... :D ;D ;D

Anyone who goes to America knows there is a good chance of getting interviewed or questioned. Their immigration and TSA are over-zealous, to say the least. But ultimately, you get in as long as you are not faking your passport etc.

It is just part of the process now. At least she didnt get thrown out like Xenophon. Malaysia is one of those weird 'democracies' where even supporting the opposition can lose you your job or your student place.

I guess it would come as a shock to a green, after all their immigration program is quite the opposite, anyone that looks like or acts like an isis terrorist needs to be fast tracked into the country and given citizenship, no questions asked.  :D

innocentbystander. wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 5:29pm:

I guess it would come as a shock to a green, after all their immigration program is quite the opposite, anyone that looks like or acts like an isis terrorist needs to be fast tracked into the country and given citizenship, no questions asked.  :D

I admit I have no sympathy for her being a Green. Especially whinging about it. On that point, where is the Chief Whiner (peccahead)?

... wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 12:32pm:

Are we supposed to be outraged? I mean, I get 'randomly' checked for explosives every single time I go on a plane. Every.    Single.  Time. But I just carry on.

does that mean they hold you up for one hour?

Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 12:25pm:

NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport.

What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable.

Soren wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 5:53pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable.

Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective!

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 5:56pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective!

Accurate and effective? Racist!!!

Soren wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 6:03pm:

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!!

The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks.

Soren wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 5:53pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable.

Exactly. Eskimo people aren't on the radar of the TSA and I wonder why? Can't remember the last time I read about an Eskimo suicide-bomber.

left wing conspiracy armchair

MY GOD

they didnt know who Mehreen Farugi... is...

totally astonishing...... did she not have her Greens Membership card with her...

thats truly amazing...I am sure she will get an official apology call from Barack first thing..

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 6:08pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks.

Or rich people, dear. You'd never question decent property developers like the bin Laden family, that's for sure.

They're important people. You wouldn't want to waste their time.

Soren wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 5:53pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?

Exactly. Why bother with all that PC police nonsense?

You'd just go and lock up the Pakis, shurely.

Pakistani lawmakers had to withdraw a bill aimed at curbing the practice of child marriage after a prominent religious body declared the legislation un-Islamic.

The bill, which proposed raising the marriage age for females from 16 to 18, also called for harsher penalties for those who would arrange marriages involving children. Despite the laws in place, child marriages, particularly involving young female brides, are common in parts of the country. It's estimated that some 20 percent of girls in the country are married before they turn 18.

But the Council of Islamic Ideology, a constitutional body which gives advice to parliament on the compatibility of laws with Sharia, appeared to slap down the legislation after deeming it "un-Islamic" and "blasphemous," according to Agence France Presse. It had already handed down a similar ruling in 2014.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/15/bill-banning-child-marriage-fails-in-pakistan-after-its-deemed-un-islamic/


The West needs more people who think like this, no? Importing Sharia compliant Muslims in the name of cultural enriching and diversity.

Melanias purse wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 9:52pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  Exactly. Why bother with all that PC police nonsense? You'd just go and lock up the Pakis, shurely.

Tolerating the intolerant?

To address the prevailing, and ultimately self-destructive paradox that toleration and accommodation must be extended to the intolerant, as current government often programmes assume, it might be worth secular liberal multiculturalists attending to the thinking of a philosopher who understood the necessary conditions for maintaining an open society against its enemies.

Karl Popper, an émigré from the Third Reich, observed that ‘unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance’.

In fact ‘if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them’.
Popper continued that we need not ‘suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion’.
Yet as Popper presciently foresaw, ‘it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument’, but begin as Islamism does, by denouncing all argument. They may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments with violence.

Were he alive, Popper would no doubt counsel politicians today that a pluralist democracy must ultimately assert another kind of paradox, claiming that ‘in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant’. A robust democracy that does not comprehend this paradox cannot long endure.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/12022249/Is-Western-strategy-against-jihadism-and-the-Islamic-State-contradictory.html

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16^th, 2016 at 6:08pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks.

It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D

John Smith wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 11:14am:

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D

Considering he was caught 5 years before 9/11 put moslem terrorists on the domestic radar, there is nothing to suggest they weren't "looking for a white guy".

John Smith wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 11:14am:

mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D

How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber??

Soren wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 6:11pm:

John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber??

Found 9 for you
http://newsone.com/1417755/top-10-white-christian-terrorists/

Its time wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 7:30pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 6:11pm: John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber?? Found 9 for you http://newsone.com/1417755/top-10-white-christian-terrorists/

Compared to hundreds and thousands of Muslims terrorist acts.

... wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 11:17am:

John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D Considering he was caught 5 years before 9/11 put moslem terrorists on the domestic radar, there is nothing to suggest they weren't "looking for a white guy".

so no muslim terrorists before 9/11?  :o :o

Soren wrote on Jan 17^th, 2016 at 6:11pm:

John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber??

do you think unabomber is the only white terrorist? ;D ;D

Soren wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 6:59am:

Its time wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 7:30pm: Soren wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 6:11pm: John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:08pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 6:03pm: mariacostel wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:56pm: Soren wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 5:53pm: Armchair_Politician wrote on Jan 16th, 2016 at 12:25pm: NSW Greens politician Mehreen Faruqi says she and her husband were subjected to "racial profiling" after being detained while trying to clear immigration control at Los Angeles International Airport. What is wrong with racial profiling if a particular race or ethnicity is objectively over-represented in a crime?  NOT doing racial profiling would be unforgivable. Racial profiling is considered to be the ultimate racism. If only it weren't so damned accurate and effective! Accurate and effective? Racist!!! The FBI is not allowed to openly use racial profiling, but internally does since it has a very positive impact on crime solving. After all, if there is a terrorist attack, you don't start looking at middle-class white folks. It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber?? Found 9 for you http://newsone.com/1417755/top-10-white-christian-terrorists/ Compared to hundreds and thousands of Muslims terrorist acts.

funny how most of those incidents are in war torn countries or countries that have had years of civil unrest ... if it had been during the US civil war, it would never be called a terrorist incident, it would be called 'collateral damage' :D

The Greens MP gets chosen for an interrogation while travelling privately to the USA. I really don't see what the fuss is about.

John Smith wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 9:55am:

Soren wrote on Jan 18th, 2016 at 6:59am: Its time wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 7:30pm: Soren wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 6:11pm: John Smith wrote on Jan 17th, 2016 at 11:14am: It was certainly positive for the unabomber ... FBI might have caught him sooner than the 17yrs it took them if they'd been looking for a white guy  :D :D :D :D How many Muslim terrorists do you have for every unabomber?? Found 9 for you http://newsone.com/1417755/top-10-white-christian-terrorists/ Compared to hundreds and thousands of Muslims terrorist acts. funny how most of those incidents are in war torn countries or countries that have had years of civil unrest ... if it had been during the US civil war, it would never be called a terrorist incident, it would be called 'collateral damage' :D

The US civil war laster 4 years and was confined to the US.

The Muslim civil war has lasted 1400 years and has now spread everywhere where Muslims live.




A massive difference only you would be unable to see.