The original law allowed for race, color and national origin to be considered as one of several factors and only prohibited law enforcement from focusing "solely" on those characteristics.

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This, they argued, would continue to marginalise Jordanians of Palestinian origin in favour of those descended from Jordan's original Bedouin inhabitants, whose tribes dominate the government and security forces and are the bedrock of the Hashemite monarchy.

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And in all such systems, the original sum delivered to the hawala broker never actually leaves the country of origin.

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