Transcript: Analysis: Chicago businessman sues Department of Homeland Security for being detained several times in recent months due to his name appearing on a federal watch list

ALEX CHADWICK
NPR Special
06-29-2005
Analysis: Chicago businessman sues Department of Homeland Security for being detained several times in recent months due to his name appearing on a federal watch list

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A suburban Chicago businessman is filing a civil rights lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. The US-born Muslim says he's been unfairly detained by Customs and Border agents several times in recent months. From Chicago, NPR's David Schaper reports.

DAVID SCHAPER reporting:

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