CAIR-Texas: Greg Abbott launches blitz to stop Islamic community after outpouring from right-wing activists – The Houston Chronicle
“To me, as someone who is a sixth generation Texan, it reads that I’m not welcome here,” said William White, director of the Houston branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group. “It reads that I’m not welcome in my own state — the only state I’ve ever known. That my faith is not welcome in this state.”
…Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called RAIR “a hardcore anti-Muslim hate site that has a long history trying to foment bigotry against Muslims, especially Muslim minorities.”
U.S. Citizens May Have Phones Searched After Traveling, CAIR Warns – Newsweek
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is warning people traveling internationally outside the U.S. or those entering the country to be wary of phone searches by federal immigration authorities—whether individuals have full citizenship or not.
CAIR-Massachusetts Executive Director Tahirah Amtul-Wadud told Newsweek that the seemingly increasing ambiguity in U.S. immigration law is getting worse.
“We’re getting multiple calls a day from people who are worried about whether or not they should travel,” Amtul-Wadud said. “We’re talking about doctors, students, families. We could get calls from one person and the immigration status of people in their family could be varied. They’re taking a family trip and one person could be a green card holder; the other person could be a citizen, right?
“This is complicated for families and it’s scary not knowing who has what right to return here and under what circumstances.”
CAIR: US Muslim group rallies support for bills to block weapons to Israel – Al Jazeera
CAIR: Netanyahu departs for Hungary amid criticism over ICC warrant – Al Jazeera
CAIR-GA: Caught on camera: Man hurls insults at Muslim women praying in Alpharetta – FOX 5 Atlanta
CAIR-Ohio: Arrest of University of Cincinnati student sparks national free speech debate – WCSM Radio
CAIR: Johns Hopkins students call on university to protect them from ICE – WMAR
CAIR: Maryland religious groups, students call for protection from ICE – The Baltimore Banner
CAIR: A Maryland campus anti-hate bill is all but dead. What killed it? – The Baltimore Banner
CAIR-NJ: N.J. man who trashed Islamic center at Rutgers sentenced to prison – NJ.com
CAIR-NJ: NJ man sentenced to prison for Rutgers Islamic Center vandalism – MyCentralJersey.com