CAIR: Inside the DHS task force scouring foreign students’ social media – NBC News
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said the new policy was a return to “McCarthyism,” referring to the tactics used to identify alleged communists in the Cold War that violated privacy rights.
“The spirit of Joseph McCarthy is alive and well in the Trump administration, which has spent months dishonestly mischaracterizing legitimate criticism of the Israeli government’s war crimes in Gaza as antisemitic, pursuing witch hunts into American colleges, and threatening the free speech rights of immigrants,” CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said in a statement Wednesday.
CAIR: US to check social media as it seeks to bar non-citizens suspected of antisemitism – Politico
CAIR: Immigrants’ social media accounts will be monitored for ‘antisemitic activity,’ DHS says – Mashable
CAIR-Ohio: ‘They didn’t listen’: Muslim woman speaks out on Columbus police response to her assault – Columbus Dispatch
CAIR-DFW: Jewish, Muslim community leaders condemn probes into Muslim-centric neighborhood at North Texas press conference – Texarkana Gazette
CAIR-DFW (Video): Houston ISD middle school students in hijabs attacked at school
CAIR-Houston: Afghan girl hospitalized after she says she was attacked at her Houston school – KHOU
CAIR-Houston: HISD completes transfer after alleged assault of Afghan girls – Chron
CAIR-Houston demands answers after 3 Afghan girls hurt at HISD school – CW39 Houston
CAIR: Activists demand DA investigate Muslim student assault – The Charlotte Post
CAIR-SVCC Condemns Trump Administration’s Mass Cancellation of Student Visas – Davis Vanguard
CAIR: Universities in Utah reporting student visas being revoked – many without notice – KUTV
CAIR: Religious freedom must be maintained during protests – The Seattle Times
CAIR urges investigation after Palestinian-American teen killed by Israel – Anadolu Ajansı