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Alarma causada por el poder de la FBI para trazar y delinear en mapas las comunidades Americanas

La Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) hoy le esta pidiendo a la FBI que entregue los datos relacionados con la colección y uso de información sobre la raza y origen étnico en comunidades locales. De acuerdo con el guía de operaciones de la oficina federal de investigaciones (FBI o Federal Bureau of Investigations) del 2008, agentes de la FBI tienen la autoridad para coleccionar información y trazar en mapa los tal llamados “negocios étnicos,” comportamiento, y características de vida y tradiciones culturales en comunidades con concentración de población étnica. Aunque el uso de datos sobre raza y origen étnico puede ayudar en disminuir la discriminación, los atentos por la FBI para coleccionar y trazar datos sobre raza puede ser una invitación para la discriminación por perfil racial. La ACLU ha cuestionado esta práctica por todo el país.

-Nevada Challenge Update

The proposed Nevada ballot initiative that would bring portions of the contentious Arizona S.B. 1070 immigration law to Nevada may be on its last legs.

Jones Vargas, a Las Vegas law firm has filed a complaint with the Nevada secretary of state on Tuesday alleging that the initiative’s ballot advocacy group (BAG) has not provided a valid address for its resident agent, a violation of Nevada law.

WHAT HAPPENS IN ARIZONA STOPS IN ARIZONA:
ACLU of Nevada To Challenge Effort To Bring “Show Me Your Papers” Law To Nevada

Proposed Ballot Initiative Violates Nevada Constitution By Intentionally Confusing Voters

On October 19, Metro announced its decision to renew its 287(g) Agreement with ICE. The ACLU of Nevada is disappointed by this decision and are additionally concerned that the new agreement reduces record keeping and public accountability.

The ACLU of Nevada applauds the recent decision by the Mesquite Police Department’s not to enter into a 287(g) program. Mesquite would have become the second city in Nevada to implement a 287(g) program after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police signed onto the program in October 2008.

Burning Man has invited the ACLU of Nevada back to Black Rock City to act as legal observers. We are again teaming up with Lawyers for Burners to protect the rights of the citizens of and distribute “Know Your Rights” cards with information on constitutional rights and what individuals should do if they are stopped, questioned, or searched by the police.

On July 7, 2009, the ACLU of Nevada made a formal request under Nevada’s Public Records laws for information about the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's implementation of the 287(g) program. The ACLU of Nevada is seeking, among other things, racial arrest statistics for the 6 months before and after Metro commenced its 287(g) program. The goal is to determine whether there has been any change in arrests for certain offenses or if there has been any change in the arrest of certain racial groups.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Metro) recently entered into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Under the agreement, 287(g), Metro screens everyone booked into the Clark County Detention Center (CCDC) to determine their immigration status, and then can refer potential violators of federal administrative or criminal immigration regulations and laws to ICE.

On Monday, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a ruling suggesting that it shares the ACLU of Nevada’s concerns about the constitutionality of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department policy, the “"Downtown Area of Command Strategic Initiative.” Under the Downtown Initiative, people who have criminal records are arrested for minor infractions, while all others are just cited or ticketed. Although the order did not rule on the Downtown Initiative directly, it described the initiative as questionable.