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Addressing profiling, questionings, raids, detentions, and deportations affecting targeted immigrant communities (2002-2007)

Along with hate violence, targeted immigrant communities still continue to face an increase in profiling, questionings, raids, detentions, and deportations after 9/11, trends which have been difficult to track and evaluate because of a lack of institutional transparency. ASATA has worked to track and address these trends, doing extensive followup work on a large number of cases, to assist communities and increase public awareness of the conditions on the ground, and support the capacity of affected communities to know and exercise their rights.

Our actions:

  • Information-gathering on post-9/11 detentions via community outreach and building a coalition of advocacy groups
  • Information-gathering on Northern California detainee situation by community outreach
  • Worked with organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Lawyer’s Guild (NLG), and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to attempt to run “Know Your Rights” presentations in INS facilities
  • Worked with a wide array of groups to keep abreast of incidents affecting our communities
  • Direct outreach, fact-finding, and resource-sharing with various affected communities
  • Spoke out about what we found to the media and allies

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