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AAI Statement for the Record: “Countering Domestic Terrorism: Examining the Evolving Threat”

The Arab American Institute is pleased to submit this statement for the record of today’s hearing. We support the subcommittee in its intentions to examine the federal government’s efforts to address the threat of white supremacist violence in the United States. This statement focuses on the federal government’s data collection practices relating to white supremacist violence, including acts that meet the definition of hate crime, domestic terrorism, or both. While today’s hearing evaluates the data collection practices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this statement widens the aperture to consider potential sources of data from other components of the federal government, namely the National Security Division within the Department of Justice.

On the Record, Civil Rights & LibertiesFiras NasrOctober 9, 2019Hate Crime & Bigotry

AAI Statement for the Record: Confronting White Supremacy Part II

The Arab American Institute is pleased to submit this statement for the record of today’s hearing. We support the subcommittee in its intentions to examine the federal government’s efforts to address the threat of white supremacist violence in the United States. This statement focuses on the federal government’s data collection practices relating to white supremacist violence, including acts that meet the definition of hate crime, domestic terrorism, or both. While today’s hearing evaluates the data collection practices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this statement widens the aperture to consider potential sources of data from other components of the federal government, namely the National Security Division within the Department of Justice.

On the Record, Civil Rights & LibertiesFiras NasrJune 4, 2019Hate Crime & Bigotry

AAI Statement for the Record: Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism

Submitted to the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism”

The Arab American Institute is pleased to submit this statement for the record in support of continued examination of hate crime in American communities and related policy or legislative initiatives, such as federal efforts that would promote improved data collection of reported incidents under the Hate Crime Statistics Act.1 As indicated in the opening remarks of Chairman Nadler and Ranking Member Collins, preventing both the incidence of hate crime and white supremacist or white nationalist violence is a bipartisan concern.

Civil Rights & Liberties, On the RecordFiras NasrApril 9, 2019Hate Crime & Bigotry

Dept. of Commerce v. New York - Brief for the Arab American Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ET AL., Petitioners, v. NEW YORK, ET AL

Brief for the Arab American Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents

The Arab American Institute (“AAI”) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan national leadership organization established under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. It represents the policy and community interests of Arab Americans across the United States, and was created to nurture and encourage the direct participation of Arab Americans in political and civic life. In particular, AAI serves as a central resource for government officials, the media, political leaders, and community groups on a variety of public policy issues that concern Arab Americans and U.S.–Arab relations.

Strengthening Democracy, On the RecordFiras NasrApril 1, 2019Dicennial Census

AAI Statement for the Record: Meeting of the Senate Committee on Judiciary for the State of Vermont

As a national civil rights organization founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute (AAI) promotes the political representation and civic engagement of Arab Americans and supports similar efforts of other communities across the United States. As recent high profile cases of persistent racial harassment in Vermont have made clear, bias incidents can disrupt the democratic process and intimidate individuals and their communities from participating in political and civic affairs. When these incidents rise to the level of criminal activity, and therefore become what we call “hate crimes,” the effects can be even more damaging.

Civil Rights & Liberties, On the RecordFiras NasrJanuary 18, 2019Hate Crime & Bigotry