Americans on Hold
Profiling, Citizenship, and the “War on Terror”
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Room 214
245 Sullivan Street
Open to the public. Photo I.D. required for entry
http://www.nyuhr.org/docs/AmericansOnHoldFlier-%20FINAL.pdf
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (www.chrgj.org) at NYU School of Law invites you to the launch of its new report on the human rights implications of citizenship delays. Presenters include:
Prof. Smita Narula Faculty Director, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice
Jayne Huckerby Research Director, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice
Mohammad Razvi Executive Director, Council of Peoples Organization
Cyrus D. Mehta Principal Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, P.L.L.C.
Lema Bashir Legal Advisor, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Since September 11, 2001 counter-terrorism efforts have increasingly informed immigration policy and have institutionalized discrimination against immigrants perceived to be Muslim on the basis of their name or national origin. A substantial expansion of name-check procedures has illegally delayed the processing of thousands of citizenship applications from Muslim, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Arab men. This counter-terrorism dragnet is breaking up families, engendering fear and insecurity, and disenfranchising entire communities.
Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the “War on Terror” analyzes both the delays and their impact within an international human rights framework, and offers specific policy recommendations to help bring to an end discrimination in citizenship and other human rights violations. The report is based on primary and secondary research conducted by the International Human Rights Clinic and the Immigrant Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law, in close collaboration with the Council of Peoples Organization in Brooklyn, New York (www.copousa.org).
The report, accompanying press release, and podcasts will be available at www.chrgj.org on April 24. To download the flier for the event, please visit: http://www.nyuhr.org/docs/AmericansOnHoldFlier-%20FINAL.pdf
For more information, please contact Michelle Williams at [EMAIL=“[email protected]”][email protected]