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SRES 847 118th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congressional tributes Crime victims Crimes against children Hate crimes Illinois Racial and ethnic relations Religion Violent crime

A resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.

Introduced: September 24, 2024 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Sep 24, 2024
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6382; text: CR S6374)
Sep 24, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 24, 2024
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution recognizes the loss of Wadee Alfayoumi and that the United States has zero tolerance for hate crimes, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. It also recognizes that freedom of speech and peaceful protest are constitutionally protected.

What's happening now September 24, 2024

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6382; text: CR S6374)