CAIR in the News

CAIR in the News, December 5, 2025

CAIR: Professional Staff Union votes no-confidence on UMass chancellor amid pressures from groups protesting war in Gaza – Mass Live

CAIR denounces Tuberville’s call for immigration ban on Middle East, North Africa – Alabama Political Reporter

CAIR announces initiative to support Somali community – FOX

CAIR-Minnesota holds press conference announcing initiatives to support Somali community – KAAL

CAIR-MN: Somali Americans living in Minnesota say they are not going anywhere, as the threat of ICE raids continues to loom – WCCO

CAIR: From Mogadishu to Minneapolis, Somalis reject Trump’s bigoted remarks – Al Jazeera

CAIR-MN: Minnesota Somalis fearful but defiant after Trump insults, ICE surge – Reuters

CAIR-MN: As ICE presence escalates in Minnesota, Somali leaders push back – Eden Prairie Local News

CAIR-MN: In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage expected ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants – Religion News Service

CAIR-MN: Minnesota Somali community braces for ICE raids after Trump calls migrants ‘garbage’ – Hiiraan Online

CAIR-Ohio: Somali community worried for safety as ICE crackdowns begin – NBC

CAIR-MN: Many Somali Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are fearful of Trump’s immigration policies – NBC News

CAIR-MN condemns politically motivated ice targeting of Somali Minnesotans – Insight News

CAIR-SFBA: Many in Bay Area Afghan community fearful as ICE crackdown intensifies after Washington DC shooting – ABC

CAIR-CA: Advocates warn Afghan community of ICE immigration arrests in Sacramento – Sun-Star

CAIR-San Diego: Spike in Detentions of Afghans in San Diego Condemned – OB Rag

CAIR-Sacramento: Advocates warn Afghan community of ICE immigration arrests in Sacramento – Sacramento Bee

“ICE is conducting a targeted, systematic campaign against our Afghan community using deceptive tactics,” Reshad Noorzay, executive director of CAIR-SV/CC, said in the news release “Community members are being called into ICE’s Sacramento office at 650 Capitol Mall for what they believe are routine appointments — and they’re being arrested the moment they walk through the door. This is entrapment. This is cruel. And this is happening right now in our community.”

Greg Abbott’s CAIR ‘terror’ label stokes legal fight in Texas’s long struggle with Islamophobia – The Guardian

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR’S national deputy director, believes these recent wins have “drawn Governor Abbott’s hostility”. In an interview with the Guardian, he argued the governor is trying to turn conspiracy theories into policy.

For instance, the governor’s proclamation names eight people who have supposed ties to “terrorism-related activities”.

“In terms of the specific people mentioned, some of these people have no connection to Cair whatsoever,” Mitchell said. “Some of them may have committed a crime and were rightfully prosecuted for that crime, which CAIR had nothing to do with. And in some cases, CAIR actually has stood up for someone who was wrongfully charged with a crime they did not commit.”