Assignment:
After 9/11, racial profiling became a quasi-accepted method of criminal investigation that violated the civil rights of many Americans. Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans where subjected to increase use racial profiling and labeled criminal based on their national origin and religious beliefs. The USA PATRIOT Act is a policy specifically developed to eliminate strict constitutional protections guaranteed to US citizens and allowed law enforcement to use investigative techniques that would normally be considered civil rights violations based on the labeling of a particular race and religion of a person.