'' the TSA said . On its face , this clear use of ethnic , racial and religious profiling will not achieve greater security in the long term for our country . In fact , by targeting only certain passengers for additional screening , `` blind spots '' can be easily identified and duplicitously exploited by violent extremists wishing our country harm . Defenders of the new rules might say they 're only profiling people coming from certain countries , but the fact that 13 of the 14 are Muslim countries makes clear the religious nature of the profiling . This new policy deeply undermines the Obama administration 's stated commitment to civil rights , equality before the law , and a much-needed effort to rebuild U.S.-Muslim world relations since the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush . Under international law , countries including the United States that use race , color , ethnicity , religion or nationality as a proxy for criminal suspicion are in violation of international standards against racial discrimination and multiple treaties to which the U.S. is a party . These include the U.N. Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -LRB- CERD
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In light of the botched Christmas Day airliner bombing aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit , the Transportation Security Administration has announced new enhanced `` guidelines '' requiring airline passengers traveling from -LRB- and through -RRB- 14 different countries to undergo especially rigorous security screening before being able to fly into the United States . Under these new TSA guidelines , security screeners will conduct `` full pat-down body checks '' and extensive carry-on luggage checks for all passengers traveling from a country which the U.S. considers to be a `` security risk . '' These 14 countries are : Afghanistan , Algeria , Cuba , Iraq , Iran , Lebanon , Libya , Nigeria , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Syria and Yemen . Additionally , passengers traveling from any other foreign country may also be checked at ` random ' as well . These new rules mean that `` every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening ,