CAIR: Vanished in ICE custody: Palestinian hospitalised, family fears for Leqaa Kordia’s Life – Middle East Monitor
CAIR: How the Texas GOP Fell Back in Love With Muslim Bashing – Texas Monthly
Video: CAIR-MN Joins Protest at Governor’s Mansion Against ICE Occupation
CAIR-MN: Brooklyn Park council reaffirms support for immigrant communities – hometownsource.com
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which has been actively involved in recent Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center community conversations, called the limited drawdown of ICE agents from Minnesota “a direct result of sustained public resistance and renewed community organizing against unconstitutional enforcement practices.”
CAIR-MN: Cedar-Riverside rallies around neighbors displaced by apartment flooding – Star Tribune
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) partnered with ICNA Relief to distribute meals on Friday at the Echo Building in Riverside Plaza, the colorful, modernist landmark that hosts a large Somali population.
Suleiman Adan, a deputy executive director with CAIR-MN, said last weekend’s flooding affected around 100 families out of nearly 200 within the building.
“Some folks described it like the Titanic: pipes bursting out from around them, inside the stairwell, spilling into the units, above kitchen appliances,” Adan said, adding that neighbors in adjacent buildings helped residents in need.
“They came together before when ICE was terrorizing their neighborhood,” Adan said.
CAIR-LA: The LAPD sent officers to train in Israel. Officials can’t explain what they learned – Los Angeles Times
Amr Shabaik, legal director Council of American-Islamic Relations’ greater Los Angeles chapter, said he hoped officials would re-examine the issue when more information becomes available. His group and others sent a letter to the Police Commission pointing out the perception of bias created by sending personnel to study and train in Israel.
“What are they learning, what are they bringing back home? All of that is not documented and is concerning,” said Shabaik. “There’s also the concern of private funding of these trips, and that obviously can create conflicts of interest.”