US legislators ask Justice to probe its alleged profiling of Asians

Nearly 100 members of Congress and watchdog groups are raising concerns about anti-Asian bias at the Justice Dept.

Nearly 100 members of Congress are calling on the US Attorney General to investigate the Justice Department’s alleged racial profiling of Asians. “Racial profiling is both illegal and corrosive to our democracy,” according to the letter seen by Al Jazeera. “Over the years, multiple people who happened to be of Asian descent have been falsely accused by the Department of Justice of espionage,” it said.