A resolution 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.

This Senate resolution honors Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy in Illinois who was killed in October 2023 by a person later convicted of murder and hate crimes. It states that the Senate recognizes the country lost him because of hate. It also states that elected officials and media have a duty to tell the truth without dehumanizing rhetoric, that free speech and peaceful protest are constitutionally protected, and that the United States has zero tolerance for hate crimes, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. The resolution does not create new laws or spending.

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Sponsors

• Richard J. Durbin Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors