The National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights (NCIWR), which the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) co-lead, applauds Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights for yesterday’s hearing on racial profiling. Racial profiling—the use of a person’s racial, ethnic, or religious appearance in determining whether they should be investigated, arrested, or detained—has increased substantially over the past decade, mainly under the guise of “immigration enforcement” and “anti-terrorism.” However, there has not been a Senate hearing on this issue since before September 11, 2001.