Article: CRS Report for Congress
I wonder how the Patriot Act affects Southeast Asian citizens and
their ability to navigate through this country. I understand the act has
increased the racialization and criminalization of Middle Eastern people and
mistaken certain religious groups for others during racially charged acts of
aggression. The PA also makes it easier for the U.S. government to detain
citizens without questions. I wonder how this affects Southeast Asian refugees
whose citizenship status or green cards have been revoked due to to crimes
committed in their past. The government is now allowed to obtain confidential
information and "sneak and peek" search warrants. I know that this
would adversely affected undocumented immigrants. This must have made it easier
for the Justice Department to prosecute what they consider to be "illegal
aliens." Many Asian Americans students and their families must feel
extremely unsafe with SA's passage. I feel like the Patriot Act reinforces the
desire to follow the model minority myth and not to break the status quo
because now there are federal repercussions for speaking out.
Q: How can student activism remedy the effects of the Patriot Act? Is there anything we can do?
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