Advocacy Efforts Defeat Racial Profiling Amendments in Mark up; Problematic Graham Amendment Passes

    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 thi...[Read more]

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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]

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    Victory in Nebraska! Legislature Unanimously Passes Anti-Racial Profiling Law

    Lincoln, Neb., May 30, 2013 – A new law passed earlier this month extends data collection and reporting requirements for Nebraska’s law enforcement agencies for four years. The data collection provisions w...[Read more]

    Pregnant Latina Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After Being Racially Profiled

    Pheonix New Times - October 22, 2009 - By Valeria Fernández -Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her

    New reports from Human Rights Watch and TRAC shed light on the shocking trend of detainee transfers

    In recent years, a sharp rise in the number of non-citizens held in immigration detention has been accompanied by their increased transfer between facilities, creating barriers they face in accessing counsel and receiving fair treatment in immigration proceedings.

    Immigration reform is on the horizon but what about fair and just enforcement policy?

    The past fortnight witnessed numerous developments on the immigration front, and almost all roads seem to be pointing to the pressing need for immigration reform that ensures fair and just enforcement.

    Illegal Immigration and Serious Crime Should Not Be Conflated

    New York Times Editorial - Immigrants, Criminalized - November 27, 2009 - Editorial emphasizes that it is "important for the [Obama] administration to avoid conflating illegal immigration and serious crime.