May 8, 2012, Washington, D.C.

The Muslim Legal Fund of America joined over 200 other organizations in submitting written testimony for the "Ending Racial Profiling in America" Senate hearing on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. MLFA argued that " the practice of targeting individuals based on race or ethnic appearance infringes on everyone's freedom of expression and often leads to unjust prosecutions" and that racial profiling is "counterproductive because targeted communities learn to distrust law enforcement, which negatively impacts legitimate law enforcement efforts."