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Faces of Racial Profiling: Fahd Shares DRUM's Story of Racial Profiling and Surveillance
Since 9/11, Muslims in New York City and other cities and states in the Northeast have faced a systemic pattern of surveillance by...[Read more]
Community News
Victory in Colorado: SB 90 Repealed!
Passed in 2006, SB 90 required police to report people suspected to be undocumented to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the time of arrest. On April 26...[Read more]
Race is at the Root of the Divide Over Immigration Reform
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-24 10:47Almost all the talk around immigration reform skirts the real issues: race and your vision of America. There are now nearly 51 million Latinos living in the United States and their population has grown astronomically. As their population has grown, so has their political strength.
Rights Working Group Welcomes Senate Gang's Immigration Reform Effort, Urges Strengthening of Racial Profiling Prohibition in the Bill
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Wed, 2013-04-17 15:08FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. -- The introduction of the bipartisan Gang of Eight’s bill that would establish a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants is a welcome first step in achieving much needed reforms of the immigration system.
Cardin Introduces the End Racial Profiling Act of 2013
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-24 11:39FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
May 24, 2012, Washington, D.C.- This week, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) of 2013, a bill that if passed would prohibit the use of profiling on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion by law enforcement agencies.
Advocacy Efforts Defeat Racial Profiling Amendments in Mark up; Problematic Graham Amendment Passes
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Tue, 2013-05-21 16:05Image:
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2013 – A number of amendments that would have caused increased forms of racial profiling, if they were passed into law, were defeated earlier this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) marked up Title III of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. (S. 744)
Please Call the Senate Judiciary Committee now! Amendments that Will Lead to Racial Profiling Will Likely Be Voted on Today
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Mon, 2013-05-20 09:33Welcome to Rights Working Group
Welcome to Rights Working Group, a diverse coalition of 340 local state and national organizations that works strenuously to protect the civil liberties and human rights of everyone irrespective or race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.
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- @RightsWorking great article at the huffingtonpost about #immigrationreform Thank you!
- @RightsWorking @ACLU That is over. He shared all that information with Congress for months before the action. Get on with doing good for us.
- RT @change_lab: The Stop & Frisk Dilemma by brought to you by #racefiles: t.co/SgEjXudTYm @RightsWorking @democracynow @MonamiMaulik #racialprofiling
- RT @change_lab: The Stop & Frisk Dilemma by brought to you by #racefiles: t.co/SgEjXudTYm @RightsWorking @democracynow @MonamiMaulik #racialprofiling
- NAACP OP-Ed: African Americans support immigration reform and an inclusive vision of America. t.co/BPo0H8loym.… #cir #p2 #cirmarkup
