FBI INTERVIEWS
Since September 11, 2001, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have initiated four sweeping programs that amount to racial profiling on a national scale.
There have been countless instances of Muslims and Arab-Americans from all regions of the country being suspected and detained on the basis of their ethnicity and religious beliefs. This has included a nation-wide effort to send FBI agents into immigrant communities to interrogate individuals based solely on their ethnicity, race or religion.
The ACLU is providing legal support to victims of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination.
If the FBI approaches you or your family members, learn how you can protect yourself and urge your Congressional Representative or your Senators to support the adoption of the End Racial Profiling Act. Read more >>
Be Prepared and Take Action
- Get Informed! Know Your Rights Brochure
- Take Action! Urge Congress to Stop Racial Profiling
- Get Prepared! FBI Questions Asked of Individuals Dragneted
- Find Help! Help hotlines and volunteer lawyers
Related Materials
- ACLU Letter to Director of U.S. Bureau of Census
- ACLU Letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller
- ACLU Feature on post-9/11 Discrimination
- April 2003 GAO Report on Project to Interview Aliens
Press Releases
- ACLU to Provide Legal Help to Muslims Caught Up in New Round of FBI Questioning (August 5, 2004)
- After Latest Data Release Controversy, ACLU Urges Census Bureau to Create Privacy Advisory Committee (August 5, 2004)
- ACLU of Southern California Plans to Represent Muslims and Others Targeted for New Round of FBI Questioning (July 27, 2004)
- ACLU Warns of Resurrecting ‘Voluntary’ Interview Program; Arab and Muslim Communities Should Not be Targets of Racial Profiling (June 22, 2004)
- More press releases >>
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