[RED DEMOCRATICA] Coments.: Letter to AG Holder From Rights Working Group

 

Estimados compatriotas: Reciban mi respetuoso saludo y mi profundo agradecimiento por soportarme. En esta oportunidad me atrevo a compartirles esta informacion. Es una peticion que tienen que firmar organizaciones no individuos (como es mi caso). Hace unos dias atras un hermano jornalero fue atacado por unos hermanos afroamericanos desorientados, lo golpearon brutalmente y lo mandaron al hospital. Mientraslo golpeaban le gritaban que lo iban a rtegresar muerto a su pais. Es importante que apoyen esta causa para reformar la Guia de Perfil Racial de Junio 2003. Mas adelante pueden leer los detalles.Agradezco a nueswtro lider y amigo Shai Goldstein por motivarnos a seguir lkuchando por la igualdad de derechos en los Estados Unidos de America. Doce millones de gracias. Humildemente,   David Toledo, MA Community Organizer & Psychology Teacher Certified by the State of New Jersey     Charles "Shai" Goldstein Executive Director New Jersey Immigration Policy Network 89 Market Street, 8th Floor Newark, NJ   07102 Phone: (973) 621-0031   Fax: (973) 621-2297 Cell: (908) 239-6615 sgoldstein@njipn.org www.njipn.org                 Dear Colleagues,     In April we delivered 5,000 signatures from individuals around the nation asking the Department of Justice to revise their June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. These signatures made the DOJ sit up and take note. Since then AZ passed SB 1070 and 10 states are set to follow suit. Now more than ever, we need to pressure the DOJ to take action, and hold law enforcement accountable for all forms of racial and religious profiling. We are asking organizations (not individuals) to sign on to a letter to Attorney General Holder asking the DOJ to reform their June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.  The deadline to sign on is July 12. Problem We constantly hear about horrific tragedies resulting from racial profiling. Everyday a new story surfaces of a community member facing the humiliation of being racially profiled. The Obama Administration has said they support efforts to stop racial profiling, yet they have made little progress. After 9-11, thousands of people were profiled, detained and deported. Families lost their caretakers. And communities lost their leaders. As a nation we responded in 2003 with the Department of Justice Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. But the Guidance had no accountability measures and included significant loopholes. In the last few months, we have seen Arizona maneuver around the DOJ Guidance in order to legally profile people based on perceived national origin. And recently released data suggests rampant racial profiling by New York City Police Department (NYPD). It is time to close the loopholes. The DOJ must strengthen the June 2003 Guidance to hold law enforcement accountable for all forms of racial and religious profiling. Solution Add your organization as a signatory to a coalition letter asking Attorney General Holder to strengthen the 2003 Guidance on racial profiling so that it: includes profiling based on religion and national origin; closes loopholes that allow profiling at borders in the name of "national security"; ensures that the guidelines are enforceable and that law enforcement agencies are held accountable; and applies to state or local law enforcement agencies working in cooperation with federal agencies or receiving federal money. For a summary of the letter to Attorney General Holder click here. Join the Racial Profiling: Face the Truth campaign and encourage individuals to sign the petition to Attorney General Holder.             RWG is a project of Tides Center .

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