HCONRES 99 — Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.

Congress: 118 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine

Sponsor: Ramirez, Delia C. (D-Illinois)

Summary

This concurrent resolution recognizes the loss of Wadee Alfayoumi and that the United States has zero tolerance for hate crimes, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. It also recognizes that freedom of speech and peaceful protest are constitutionally protected.

Cosponsors (47)