Homeland Security Harasses Relief Workers in Waveland, MS [View All]

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By Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Jen Soriano
http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/blog/2005/09/homeland-security.cfm

Community relief workers Kevin Cupit and Au Huynh reported this
incident from the gulf coast:

An independent party of relief workers faced unexpected resistance from Homeland Security yesterday. Seven relief workers from Philadelphia, Houston, Colorado and Quebec were redistributing resources from Hancock county Mississippi -- two hours East of New Orleans -- to remote areas on the Gulf Coast. Three people in the party were stopped by Homeland Security agents and were asked to show passports, ids and proof of citizenship.

Homeland Security Agents temporarily seized the passports of two
Canadian relief workers and ordered everyone in their party to leave the premises. In the exchange the Homeland security office told relief
volunteers that they were, “Part of the problem.”...