United Airlines said in a statement that the family was asked to leave a SkyWest flight, operating as United Express from Chicago, "because of concerns about their child's safety seat, which did not comply with federal safety regulations."

People love to use the discrimination card.

Let's try and keep things in proper context. The excerpt that emilyg posted is accurate but, it's what follows further down which makes the family's claim interesting. Here's the article with the same statement from the airline and the statement is the four paragraphs down:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-united-airlines-removes-muslim-family-met-20160401-story.html

-But according to Rehab, when the parents tried to check the seat inside the airport, a United attendant said the computer system was down and instructed them to bring the seat onboard.

As the family settled into seats near the back of the plane, the parents made sure their son and older daughter were buckled in and attempted to secure their younger daughter in her booster seat, Rehab said.

According to Rehab, when the father asked a flight attendant if there was an extra strap for the booster seat, as advertised on the airline's website, the flight attendant said she didn't know what he was talking about and walked away.-

Prolly a good idea to post links so readers can put things into prespective a little better.