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“Traveling While Hispanic”: Border Patrol Immigration Investigatory Stops at TSA Checkpoints and Hispanic Appearance

Pablo Chapablanco

In 1896, Justice Harlan dissented against the “separate, but equal” doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson,11. 163 U.S. 537 (1896). saying, [I]n view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor…

Jul 2019