Racial profiling is a tool deemed to assist law enforcement in capturing criminals and law breakers. Especially when the security of Americans are threatened, racial profiling becomes more prevalent. The journalist Michelle Malkin stated, “When our national security is on the line, ‘racial profiling’- or more precisely, threat profiling based on race, religion, or nationality- is justified.” She declares that racial profiling is appropriate when the national security is threatened. This is simply not true. Racial profiling is an infringement of our rights and just plain absurd. Racial profiling is unlawful and shouldn't be used for practiced on the American public. President Obama and the Department of Justice both, “recognize that racial