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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department.
Introduced: May 10, 2012
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Became law
May 18, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
May 10, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns unjustified surveillance and unlawful profiling of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Demands that the NYPD cease and desist any such warrantless surveillance activities within the United States and purge its intelligence databases.
Urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately investigate whether the NYPD's action violated the Constitution or any federal law, and whether any federal agency facilitated any profiling or surveillance conducted by the NYPD against members of the Muslim American community in violation of the Constitution or any federal law.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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