Sept 2001: South Asians killed in first wave of hate crimes: Balbir Singh Sodhi; Waqar Hasan; Vasudev Patel.

Sept. 2001-Feb.2002: U.S. government (FBI & INS) detains without charges about 1,100 individuals with supposed links to terrorist activities. Many denied access to counsel and undergo secret hearings. Majority of those people was from India and Pakistan.

2002: FBI reports that after 9/11, reports of violence against Muslims rose by 1600%; nineteen people murdered in hate violence in the US related to 9/11.

June 2002: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports receiving 488 complaints of post-9/11-related employment discrimination.