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Ending Racial Profiling in America Hearing Committee AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT__ INFORMATION S. HRG. 112-944 ENDING RACIAL PROFILING INAMERICA HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 17, 2012 Serial No. J-112-70 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary C 2 C 3D Pr S. HRG. 112-944 ENDING RACIAL PROFILING INAMERICA HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 17, 2012 Serial No. J-112-70 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 20-969 PDF WASHINGTON :2016 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa, Ranking Member DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah CHUCK SCHUMER, New York JON KYL, Arizona DICK DURBIN, Illinois JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota JOHN CORNYN, Texas AL FRANKEN, Minnesota MICHAEL S. LEE, Utah CHRISTOPHER A. COONS, Delaware TOM COBURN, Oklahoma RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director KOLAN DAvIs, Republican Chief Counsel and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DICK DURBIN, Illinois, Chairman PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina, SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island Ranking Member AL FRANKEN, Minnesota JON KYL, Arizona CHRISTOPHER A. COONS, Delaware JOHN CORNYN, Texas RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut MICHAEL S. LEE, Utah TOM COBURN, Oklahoma JOSEPH ZOGBY, Democratic Chief Counsel WALT KUHN, Republican Chief Counsel CONTENTS APRIL 17, 2012, 10:00 A.M. STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBER Page Durbin, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois .................... 1 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 129 WITNESSES W itn ess L ist ............................................................................................................. 4 3 Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland ........... 4 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 45 Chu, Hon. Judy, a Representative in Congress from the State of California ..... 9 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 49 Clegg, Roger, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity, F alls C hurch , V irginia ........................................................................................ 20 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 51 Conyers, Jr., Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of M ich ig a n ............................................................................................................... 5 Davis, Ronald L., Chief of Police, City of East Palo Alto, California ... .......... 12 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 59 Ellison, Hon. Keith, a Representative in Congress from the State of Min- n e so ta .................................................................................................................... 8 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 66 Gale, Frank, National Second Vice President, Grand Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police, Denver, Colorado ............................................17 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 67 Gutierrez, Hon. Luis V., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illin o is ................................................................................................................... 6 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 76 Harris, David A., Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research, Univer- sity of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .................. 21 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 8 1 Romero, Anthony, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, New Y ork, N ew Y ork ................................................................................................... 15 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 100 Wilson, Hon. Frederica, a Representative in Congress from the State of F lord a ................................................................................................................... 10 prepared statem ent .......................................................................................... 127 MISCELLANEOUS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD African American Ministers in Action (AAMIA), A Project of People For the American Way, Minister Leslie Watson Malachi, Director, statement ..... 131 African American Ministers in Action et al., April 17, 2012, letter .. ........... 507 Alliance for a Just Society, LeeAnn Hall, Executive Director, statement .......... 141 American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Washington, DC, state ent .............................................................................................................. 166 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, Harvey Grossman, Legal Director, statement ............................................ ..... 145 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, state ent .............................................................................................................. 150 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Washington, DC, state- m en t ...................................................................................................................... 16 2 Page Americans for Immigrant Justice, Cheryl Little, Executive Director, state- m e n t ...................................................................................................................... 16 8 Amnesty International USA, Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director, statement .. 172 Anti-Defamation League@ (ADL), Deborah M. Lauter, Director, Civil Rights, Michael Lieberman, Washington Counsel, and Stacy Burdett, Washington D irector, statem ent .............................................................................................. 183 Arab American Institute, The, Danielle Malaty, Manager, Government Rela- tions in Dom estic Policy, statem ent ................................................................... 187 Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, April 17, 2012, statement ........ 192 Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC), Shahid Buttar, Executive Direc- tor, statem en t ....................................................................................................... 19 5 Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Gerald Lenoir, Executive Direc- tor, statem en t ....................................................................................................... 198 Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, Faiza Patel and Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Directors, Liberty and National Security P rogram, statem ent ............................................................................................. 20 1 "Call the NYPD," photo campaign on social media, statement ................ 213 Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Vincent Warren, Executive Director, state ent .............................................................................................................. 2 16 Center for Latino Progress-CPRF, Yanil Teron, Executive Director, state- m e n t ...................................................................................................................... 2 2 5 Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE)-Virginia, Carla Peter- son, Executive Director, statement .....................................607 City of Riverside Police Department, Riverside, California, Sergio G. Diaz, Chief of Police, statement ..................... .................... 228 City of Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, Seattle, Washington, Jesus Y. Rodriguez and Devon Abdallah, Co-Chairs, statement ... .......... 231 Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Los Ange- les, California, Angelica Salas, Executive Director, statement ............... 235 Comunidad Liberacion/Liberation Community, Rev. Anne Dunlap, Pastor, state ent .............................................................................................................. 239 Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Robert S. McCaw, statement .. 253 Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), Chicago, Illinois, state ent .............................................................................................................. 24 2 Defending Dissent Foundation (DDF), Woody Kaplan, President, statement ... 257 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated,
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