The Persistence of Racial and Ethnic Profiling in the United States (pdf)

 Formed in the aftermath of September 11th, the Rights Working Group (RWG) is a national coalition of civil liberties, national security, immigrant rights and human rights organizations committed to restoring due process and human rights protections that have been eroded in the name of national security. RWG works to ensure that everyone in the United States is able to exercise their rights, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, race, national origin, religion or ethnicity. With more than 260 member organizations across the United States, RWG mobilizes a grassroots constituency in support of a policy advocacy agenda that demands accountability from the U.S. government for the equal protection of human rights. The RWG Steering Committee is composed of leading organizations representing the key constituencies of The coalition. Members include the ACLU as well as the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Arab American Institute; Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services; Asian American Justice Center; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Breakthrough; Center
for National Security Studies; Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; Human Rights First;
Human Rights Watch; Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Leadership Conference on Civil Rights & Education Fund; National Council of La Raza; National Immigration Forum; National Immigration
Law Center; New Jersey Immigration Policy Network; New York Immigration Coalition; One America; Open Society Policy Center; South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow; Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee
Rights Coalition (TIRRC).
The full breadth of the RWG’s work can be seen at www.rightsworkinggroup.org.


 Follow-Up Report to the U.N. Committ ee on the Elimination of  Racial Discrimination