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[1] Tonight, the federal government is taking unprecedented steps. - Is there any official explanation for why? - Wait a moment, please.
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[2] After a May 2022 Lufthansa flight, carrying mostly Jewish passengers from New York City to Budapest, heard this when the plane stopped for a connection in Frankfurt: "Due to an operational reason... We have to cancel you on the flight..."
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[3] The Department of Transportation fined Lufthansa $4 million, a record for a civil rights violation against an airline.
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[4] Saying Lufthansa prohibited 128 Jewish passengers, most of whom wore distinctive garb typically worn by orthodox jewish men, from boarding their connecting flight.
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[5] This was due to allegations that some passengers weren't following masking protocols. - "It's the toughest enforcement action that I have seen for a civil rights violation."
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[6] On the website Dan's Deals, a popular site for Jewish travelers. - "This is 2022." - This exchange between a passenger and Lufthansa drawing outrage.
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[7] "Jewish people who were the mess, who made the problems." - "So Jewish people on the plane made a problem, so all Jewish people are banned from Lufthansa for the day?" - "Just for this flight.'"
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[8] Lufthansa condemned the incident at the time, and wrote in a statement that "Today, it's introducing a first-of-its-kind training program to address anti-Semitism, and is dedicated to being an 'Ambassador of goodwill, tolerance, diversity, and acceptance.'"
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[9] Now, with the DOT declaration not to let this kind of behavior go unpunished, Sam Brock, NBC News.