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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 671 

Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, individuals 

experienced hate and were targeted by the government on account of 

their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting 

various forms of relief to support those affected. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 

Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. OMAR, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. CHU, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 

THANEDAR, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, 

and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, 

individuals experienced hate and were targeted by the 

government on account of their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting various 

forms of relief to support those affected. 

Whereas, on September 11, 2001, our Nation experienced the 

deadliest attacks ever perpetrated on American soil; 

Whereas nearly 3,000 people perished in the September 11, 

2001, attacks; 


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Whereas over 4,500 people have died from 9/11 related illnesses, and many still suffer long-term, bodily trauma 

from inhaling toxic dust and rubble; 

Whereas the United States experienced immeasurable fear, 

sorrow, outrage, and loss; 

Whereas Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh, was murdered in Mesa, 

Arizona, on September 15, 2001; 

Whereas Waqar Hasan in Dallas, Texas, and Adel Karas in 

San Gabriel, California, were killed on September 15, 

2001; 

Whereas in the first month after the attack, community organizations documented 945 incidents of bias and hate in 

the workplace, houses of worship, schools, homes, and in 

public life against Americans perceived to be of Middle 

Eastern or South Asian descent; 

Whereas hundreds of police, fire fighters, and first responders lost their lives in the rescue effort, including members 

from the Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, 

and Sikh communities; 

Whereas Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 

Sikh communities have long experienced discrimination 

and violence in the United States, which intensified after 

the attacks; 

Whereas there was a climate of hate in which Arab, Muslim, 

Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Sikh communities experienced bullying and violence in their everyday lives 

and in their workplaces, businesses, community centers 

and houses of worship; 

Whereas the government targeted Arab, Muslim, Middle 

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cies that resulted in wrongful interrogation, coercion, detention, deportation, arrest, and incarceration; 

Whereas core principles like due process, presumption of innocence, and evidence of wrongdoing were replaced with 

mob mentality and guilt by association; 

Whereas the fearmongering and hateful rhetoric witnessed in 

the aftermath of the attacks remain commonplace today; 

Whereas border officials and government authorities cast 

aside constitutional rights and engaged in discriminatory 

searches and seizures of Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, 

South Asian, and Sikh community members; 

Whereas false narratives about Arabs, Islam, and American 

Muslims abound, and are encouraged and justified by a 

network of closely connected and well-funded organizations and activists that seek to propagate misinformation 

about these communities and provide support for policies 

that curtail their rights; 

Whereas the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, as 

well as human rights violations ranging from torture at 

Guantanamo Bay to extrajudicial drone strikes, also contributed to this climate of hate and the government targeting of these communities; 

Whereas Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 

Sikh communities have experienced humiliation, stigma, 

deprivation of due process, and loss of liberty because of 

government targeting, which reinforced the climate of 

hate; 

Whereas the climate of hate and government targeting impacted the ability of these communities to exercise their 

constitutionally protected rights including to organize, 

speak, travel, and worship freely; 


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Whereas the 2002 National Security Entry-Exit Registration 

System required men and boys as young as 16 years of 

age with temporary visas from 25 predominantly Muslim 

countries to register at local immigration offices for 

fingerprinting, photographs, and invasive interviews; 

Whereas by July 2003, the National Security Entry-Exit 

Registration System slated 13,000 out of 83,000 registered men and boys for deportation, decimating entire 

communities and resulting in zero terror-related convictions; 

Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Service questioned thousands 

of Muslims who they believed might have information 

about or connections to criminal activity based on improper criteria such as officer hunch or an anonymous tip 

from people wrongfully suspicious of their Muslim neighbors; 

Whereas immediately after the September 11 attacks, the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation and immigration authorities arrested and detained as many as 1,200 Muslims, and none of these ‘‘special interest’’ detained people 

were ultimately indicted for terrorist activity; 

Whereas to this day, Joint Terrorism Task Forces Preemptive Prosecutions, Countering Violent Extremism Programs, Suspicious Activity Reporting, Watchlists, Fusion 

Centers, the permissive Department of Justice Racial 

Profiling Guidance that was updated in collaboration 

with the Department of Homeland Security, ongoing 

delays in immigrant processing and visa administration 

in part due to the lingering effects of the travel bans on 

people from Muslim and Black-majority countries from 

entering the United States, and other policies continue to 


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profile and unfairly target Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, 

South Asian, Sikh, Black, and African communities; 

Whereas many politicians and influential members of the general public continue to explicitly endorse, espouse and act 

upon this hateful rhetoric and use it for their own political benefit, including Members of Congress and State 

and local elected officials; and 

Whereas Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 

Sikh communities have met these challenges with unwavering courage, strength, compassion, and resilience, and 

united in the aftermath of 9/11 to advocate for civil and 

human rights, work which continues to this day to benefit 

all Americans: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns all manifestations and expres3 sions of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, 

4 scapegoating, and ethnic or religious bigotry; 

5 (2) acknowledges the climate of hate that Arab, 

6 Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Sikh 

7 communities have experienced since September 11, 

8 2001; 

9 (3) acknowledges that the government imple10 mented policies that profiled and unfairly targeted 

11 Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and 

12 Sikh communities after September 11, 2001; 

13 (4) calls for the creation of an interagency task 

14 force to work with community-based organizations to 

15 review these government policies, investigate and 


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1 document their impact, and dismantle those policies 

2 which continue to profile and unfairly target these 

3 communities; 

4 (5) calls for hearings by congressional and civil 

5 rights bodies to explore the findings and rec6 ommendations of this interagency task force in con7 sultation with and centering community-based orga8 nizations; 

9 (6) supports allocating resources to community10 based organizations outside and independent of law 

11 enforcement that center the experiences and de12 mands of Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South 

13 Asian, and Sikh communities to— 

14 (A) support hate crime prevention and the 

15 needs of victims of hate and State violence, in16 cluding language support, mental health, com17 prehensive support, system navigation, and cri18 sis response and recovery; and 

19 (B) create alternatives to law enforcement 

20 and transformative justice programs that are 

21 culturally and linguistically accessible and focus 

22 on vulnerable populations within these commu23 nities including but not limited to working class 

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1 nities, women, non-binary, and LGBTQ com2 munities; and 

3 (7) calls the Secretary of Health and Human 

4 Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the 

5 National Science Foundation to work together to 

6 study the impact of hate, government targeting, po7 litical rhetoric, and profiling on physical and mental 

8 health. 

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