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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Victory in Colorado: SB 90 Repealed!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]
Urgent Call-In Days (May 15 - 17): Tell SJC to Vote NO on Racial Profiling
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Tue, 2013-05-14 16:00Rights 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.
Rights Working Group Urges NYC Council Speaker to Reverse Course and Support a Strong Ban of Racial Profiling
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-03 11:26FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
Victory in Colorado: SB 90 Repealed!
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Wed, 2013-05-01 14:15Image:
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 26th, the Community and Law Enforcement Trust Act was signed into law in Colorado, repealing SB 90.
RWG Expresses Sympathy for Victims and Families of Killings in Boston; Makes Call for Unity
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-04-19 14:24FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
April 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. -- Rights Working Group stands united with all those across the nation who are shocked and saddened by this week’s attacks that took lives and injured hundreds.
“We express deep sympathy for the victims of the bombings and their families,” said Margaret Huang, executive director of Rights Working Group. “The bombings were a deplorable act.”
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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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- Please help make some calls! MT @RightsWorking: we need @SenFeinstein vote against #racialprofiling amendments. t.co/PVsOzX26W2
- @The_Advocates We need Klobuchar's vote against #racialprofiling amendments. Can you make some calls today? t.co/DxppMwRUL5 #endRP
- @PrYSMFam We need Whitehouse's vote against #racialprofiling amendments. Can you make some calls today? t.co/DxppMwRUL5 #rightsinCIR
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- @CHIRLA @CALimmigrant We need Feinstein's vote against #racialprofiling amendments. Can you make some calls today? t.co/DxppMwRUL5
