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2010 Press Releases
U.N. Human Rights Council Calls on U.S. to Eliminate Racial Profiling
Submitted by nadine wahab on Wed, 2010-11-10 15:48Rights Working Group Urges Immediate Action by the White House, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security
Rights Working Group Supports the NY City Council, Clergy, and Immigrant Leaders in Calling on NYC to Protect Due Process, Public Safety and NYC Families
WASHINGTON – Rights Working Group supports Make the Road and their local partners in demanding that the New York City Council enact new legislation requiring the NYC Department of Corrections to affirmatively assist in executing ICE's civil immigration detainers only on those individuals who pose a serious risk to our communities.
Arlington County Rejects Federal “Secure Communities” Program
Statement by the Rights Working Group
Faces of Racial Profiling: A Report from Communities Across America
Submitted by nadine wahab on Mon, 2010-09-27 13:21Washington DC -- September 27, 2010 – Today, Rights Working Group and local partners nationwide released a report demonstrating the need to address racial, ethnic, religious and national origin profiling (“racial profiling”) across the country and finding that the patchwork of laws dealing with racial profiling is too burdensome for victims of profiling to navigate.
Early victory in battle over SB 1070
Judge Bolton granted the Obama Administration an early victory in its bid to overturn Arizona's problematic law SB 1070, which would have required police to inquire about the immigration status of every person they stopped. Rights Working Group (RWG) views SB 1070 as a recipe for racial profiling and other human rights violations, and welcomes the partial injunction issued by Judge Bolton.
RWG applauds the introduction of the "End Racial Profiling Act of 2010"
Submitted by nadine wahab on Fri, 2010-07-16 17:14