...al law and arguably violates both the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law and federal civil rights protections. The End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) would apply the prohibition on racial profiling to state and local law enforcement, close the loopholes in i...
...rst step toward enactment of federal anti-profiling legislation, it falls far short of what is needed to fulfill the President's promise to end racial profiling in America," said LCCR Executive Director Wade Henderson. "We are pleased to see that the guidance includes a definiti...
...sults of a recent study on racial profiling by law enforcement, and to urge you to take immediate steps to address the longstanding need to end racial profiling in America. Recent reports in the New York Times and the Washington Post outline efforts by the Department of Justice ...
...2 million Americans – a number equivalent to the population of Canada – report that they have been racially profiled. The End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), which was first introduced in 2001 but has yet to be introduced in this congressional term, would ban racia...
... declared before a joint session of Congress that racial profiling "is wrong and we will end it in America." On June 6, a bill entitled the End Racial Profiling Act of 2001 (ERPA) was introduced in both Houses of Congress (S. 989 / H.R. 2074). Developed in close consultation with...
...tional security and enforcement, ending immigration enforcement programs that often profile based on race, and pushing Congress to pass the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), which was introduced in the House of Representatives in July.
Yesterday, the Senate introduced a bill that would ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement. The End Racial Profiling Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. Ben Cardin, D. Md., would forbid any law enforcement agency in the United States from ...
... time for Congress to enact one." Last June, Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) introduced a bill, the End Racial Profiling Act of 2001 (S. 989; H.R. 2074), that would help to achieve meaningful progress in the battle against racial profiling....