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Engaging Key Communities

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Engaging Key Communities

  

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Protecting Civil Rights

U.S. Department of JusticeCivil Rights Division

Initiative to Combat Post-9/11 Discriminatory Backlash

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Investigate Complaints

Role of CRCL:• 6 U.S.C 345• Constitutional & Statutory Rights• Discrimination/Profiling• Conditions of Detention• Screening• Traveler Redress - www.dhs.gov/trip

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Community Roundtables

• Community-Government forums in key cities.

- CRCL has targeted 6 key cities.

- Colleagues have such forums in several other cities.

Chicago

Buffalo

Houston

Los Angeles

Detroit

San Diego

Boston

Washington, DC

New York/New

Jersey

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Cultural Competency

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Cultural Competency

• Hajj Travel Information

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/hajj.shtm

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Civil Service

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Civil Service

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DHS Incident Community Coordination Team

• With American, Arab, Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Middle Eastern American Communities

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Shaarik H. Zafar

Senior Policy Advisor

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Department of Homeland Security

[email protected]