Post by Logan on Dec 22, 2016 5:41:57 GMT -6
An Arab-American civil rights group announced Wednesday it has filed a complaint against Western Union over allegations of discriminatory business practices against members of the Arab- and Muslim-American communities.
There were at least a half-dozen complaints in recent months of individuals blocked from using the money transfer service or whose attempted transactions were "subject to unwarranted scrutiny," the group said in a release. One complainant said Western Union had rejected the transfer of money from Dearborn to his family in Jerusalem.
"The overwhelming trend of these incidents suggests that a concerted effort is being made to prevent money transfers based upon racial profiling," the group said.
“Western Union has been used very much so in the Arab and Muslim community and we feel that this chilling effect that it has on a lot of the community by the questioning that they have directed totally and particularly to Arab-American and Muslim-Americans is unjustified and a direct violation of our constitutional rights,” said Nabih Ayad, attorney and founder of the Arab-American Civil Rights League.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2016/12/21/arab-rights-group-western-union-sending-cash/95730236/
There were at least a half-dozen complaints in recent months of individuals blocked from using the money transfer service or whose attempted transactions were "subject to unwarranted scrutiny," the group said in a release. One complainant said Western Union had rejected the transfer of money from Dearborn to his family in Jerusalem.
"The overwhelming trend of these incidents suggests that a concerted effort is being made to prevent money transfers based upon racial profiling," the group said.
“Western Union has been used very much so in the Arab and Muslim community and we feel that this chilling effect that it has on a lot of the community by the questioning that they have directed totally and particularly to Arab-American and Muslim-Americans is unjustified and a direct violation of our constitutional rights,” said Nabih Ayad, attorney and founder of the Arab-American Civil Rights League.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2016/12/21/arab-rights-group-western-union-sending-cash/95730236/