This webinar from Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and the Arab American Institute (AAI) lifts up the experiences of AMEMSA communities post-9/11, explores best practices and lessons learned to combat racial profiling, and calls attention to collaboration efforts across diverse groups to protect the civil rights of all communities.
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𝘼𝘿𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿:
Asian Americans have been perceived as national security threats and “perpetual foreigners,” and treated differently from other Americans. In particular, AMEMSA communities, Chinese Americans, and immigrants have been subjected to heavy scrutiny, mass investigations and criminal prosecutions under the pretext of combatting terrorism and economic espionage.
Many of these investigations are not based on reasonable suspicion or evidence of wrongdoing but rather on ethnicity or religion. Inseparable from these criminal prosecutions are the surveillance of our communities including at their homes, workplace, and points of entry where their electronic devices and social media are searched. The long term impact on our community is immeasurable as these prosecutions not only have immediate criminal consequences, but also lasting immigration consequences that can be immediate or may not be triggered till years later.
If you believe you are being targeted by the government and you are looking for attorney referrals, please contact 202-935-6014 using the Signal app and a staff member from Advancing Justice | AAJC will reach out to you directly (Available in English & Mandarin/普通话).
