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Hassan Ahmad 🇺🇸
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My top three issues are education, the #ERA, and criminal justice reform. Today I'm proud to announce Prince William County School Board chair @lateef4chair has endorsed our campaign!
I’m honored to have the support of so many public servants and leaders who live in our communities and have a long track record of investing in our children.
"We need a partner in the Genl Assembly who is willing & able to advocate for our kids, to ensure we have the resources to adequately address the needs of our vibrant community. Hassan is the candidate best suited for that task; I'm proud to support him,” said Chair Lateef.
Under Chair Lateef’s leadership, Prince William County unanimously passed a budget giving teachers their biggest pay raise in a decade. That’s a concrete result I look forward to helping Dr. Lateef replicate many times over.
Thank you for your endorsement Babur Lateef School Board Chair Prince William County!
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Hassan Ahmad 🇺🇸
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I want to take a moment to honor the workers I've gotten to know over the years I've practiced law. Today being #InternationalWorkersDay, we're reminded that workers are the majority, worldwide, and face a common struggle, worldwide.
It's too easy it is for our legal system to disadvantage workers - disproportionately immigrant. The protections aren't where they must be, and are where they shouldn't.

Not paid a living wage.
Victimized by labor brokers who earn their trust.
Victims of payroll fraud.
Unsafe working conditions.
Threats of immigration enforcement.
Workplace raids.
Barred from organizing.
Suffering under at-will "right to work."

I remember my clients who have been victimized in at least one of these ways, sometimes more.
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Hassan Ahmad 🇺🇸
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Why is equality so damn hard?

I went to the #ERAHearing today, and it was an historic event, to be sure.

The issue: if 1 more state (hopefully Virginia!) ratifies the #ERA, can it become a part of the Constitution given that the original date for ratification has expired?
If they extended it once, can Congress remove the deadline?

I think it's pretty clear the answer is yes, and it shouldn't take the Supreme Court to figure it out.

I showed up to today's hearing because I'm a fan of equality. But part of me left the hearing scratching my head.
Why should anyone have to be a "fan" of equality? That's like saying you're a fan of justice, or good, or fairness. Some things just need to be presumed.

But as several speakers pointed out, equality is never presumed. It's always debated. Impediments are thrown up.
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Hassan Ahmad 🇺🇸
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Arlington, VA is a thriving, diverse community. But not when it comes to criminal justice. As a defense lawyer who's tried cases there and throughout NoVA, I know its reputation of overzealous prosecution, with disparate impact on minorities and the mentally ill, is sadly true.
You know it's bad when a harsh sentence is referred to as "Arlington style."

So I was duty bound to sign on a letter with 108 other attorneys, noting a high (98%) rate of felony convictions by plea, unfair discovery practices, and hugely disparate stats on black defendants.
Black folks are only 9% of the population, but 60+% of marijuana, larceny, and trespass arrests.

Something noxious is in the water when all roads lead to the Arlington Detention Center.
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