Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress passed a law that said that all airport screeners must be U.S. citizens. A significant percentage of this group was made up of legal residents who were not citizens. They were also disproportionally Latino, Black, and Asian. The citizenship requirement was not in place for other airport positions, including pilots, cabin attendants, and armed National Guardsmen. This law was an example of

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The law mandating that all airport screeners must be U.S. citizens, which disproportionately affected legal residents who were Latino, Black, and Asian, is an example of institutional discrimination. This is because it is a policy enacted by an institution (in this case, the government) that systematically disadvantages certain groups of people.

Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, Congress Passed a Law