Anti-Racial Profiling
House Set to Consider Two FISA-related Bills on December 12
On December 12, 2023, the House will reportedly vote on the House Judiciary Committee’s (HJC) bipartisan Protecting Liberty and Ending Warrantless Surveillance Act as well as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s (HPSCI) FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act under seldom-used “Queen of the Hill” rules, which dictate that the bill to receive the most votes will be the bill that is referred the Senate for consideration.
National Coalition of 92 Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Opposes Reauthorizing FISA Section 702 in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024
Section 702 grants intelligence agencies broad authority to collect the communications of foreigners abroad who use U.S. communications platforms. But as currently written and interpreted, it enables unfettered, warrantless, and discriminatory surveillance that encroaches on the privacy of everyday Americans in the U.S. and abroad.
Coalition of 63 Asian American and Allied Organizations Opposes Short-Term Reauthorization of Section 702
Section 702 and related surveillance authorities have been misused to spy on Americans, including but not limited to protesters, journalists, campaign donors, and members of Congress. The consequences of such misuse have had a profound impact on our Asian American community, resulting in wrongful targeting, unjust surveillance, and devastating tolls on careers, livelihoods, and reputations.
On October 9th, 2023, Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R) introduced S.B. 51 which seeks to completely ban Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian citizens from purchasing agricultural land in the state. This comes only months after Sen. Kolkhorst introduced a similar bill, S.B. 147, which also sought to discriminate against individuals from these 4 countries and bar them from purchasing agricultural property in the state of Texas.
In 1804, Ohio was the first state to pass legislation permitting non-United States citizens to own land, paving the way for other states to do the same.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Calls the Government Surveillance Reform Act Much-Needed Reform to Curb Warrantless Government Surveillance of Asian Americans
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Washington, D.C. — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) applauds the introduction of new legislation to protect Americans’ rights against warrantless surveillance. This bipartisan legislation is led by Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Lee as well as Representatives Warren Davidson and Zoe Lofgren.
Leading Asian American Organizations Unite to Demand Congress End Mass Warrantless Spying of Americans
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A Coalition of 52 organizations led by Asian American Scholar Forum, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and Stop AAPI Hate calls for significant reforms to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
National Asian American Coalition Letter Led By Asian American Scholar Forum, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) & Stop AAPI Hate
To: All Members of the U.S. Congress
Date: September 14, 2023
Louisiana first passed its own version of an "alien land law" in 1921 which placed land ownership restrictions on those it deemed to be "ineligible to citizenship." This was modeled after California's version, which took effect in 1913.
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