Who do YOU pray with: Problems at the Border

Something unconscionable is afoot along our borders. Law-abiding American citizens are being verbally interrogated for hours on end about their religious and business affiliations. Their only mistake: being Muslim during America's War on Terror.
According to a new report issued this week by Muslim Advocates, and featured in a guest blog post on the Washington Post Web site by the group's Executive Director, Farhana Khera, Muslims are facing rough treatment at international borders and airports around the country.
The interrogations focus on matters of faith, political persuasion, and associations of the people in question. Despite the lack of any evidence of criminal wrongdoing or possible links to the enemies of the United States, those being detained are treated with hostile interrogation techniques and intimidation tactics.
This practice, though for the purpose of keeping the U.S. safe, is absolutely unacceptable. It amounts to little more than racial profiling at its worst.
The Supreme Court has ruled that any search that is done at international borders is automatically considered "reasonable" in the eyes of the Fourth Amendment. However, this ruling should not and can not be used as a blank check for border agents to aggressively interrogate U.S. citizens when there is no evidence of actual, or even possible, wrongdoing. At best, it is a perversion of the purpose behind the ruling and at worst, it causes citizens with equal rights and equal protection under the law to feel like second class citizens in their own country.
I understand the national security argument. It's important to ensure that Americans are safe within U.S. borders. But we cannot allow that pursuit to undermine the freedoms and protections of law that are afforded to every American citizen.
So to the border patrol agents: tone down the investigations unless wrongdoing is apparent. Searches are fine, and welcomed by most as a necessary part of staying safe. But stay kind, courteous, and not overtly suspicious, particularly of fellow Americans, until concrete damning evidence is found.