CAIR in the News, June 13, 2025

CAIR-CA: Inside the Activist Groups Resisting ICE – The New Yorker Video: CAIR-WA Expresses Concern About Anti-Muslim Bias Incident at City Park in Edmonds CAIR-DFW: Woman Detained on Honeymoon Faces Deportation Despite Being Stateless – Newsweek Video: CAIR-DFW Demands ICE Halt Deportation of Palestinian Newlywed Ward Sakeik CAIR-DFW: North Texas newlywed fears ICE will deport […]

CAIR Responds to Israeli Strikes on Iran, Demands Trump Halt U.S. Weapons Transfers Enabling Netanyahu’s Expanding War

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned Israel’s unilateral offensive strikes on Iran and called on the Trump administration to immediately halt all U.S. weapons transfers and military aid to the Netanyahu government. The strikes mark a dangerous escalation in a year-long campaign of unrestrained […]

CAIR-DFW to Hold Emergency News Conference About Palestinian Newlywed Facing Deportation Tonight to Undisclosed Location

Later this afternoon, the Dallas–Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) will hold an emergency press conference (Thursday, June 12, at 4 p.m. CT) to address U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) apparent plan to deport Ward Sakeik to an undisclosed location as early as tonight. Sakeik is a Stateless Palestinian who arrived in the US lawfully […]

CAIR Says Poll Showing Increased US Public Support for Palestinians Indicates Growing Recognition of Israel’s Genocide

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to a poll showing an increase in the American public’s support for Palestinians and an all-time low in public support for Israel.  SEE: American Sympathy for Israel Reaches ‘All-Time Low’ in New Poll – Newsweek A Quinnipiac University poll has found […]

CAIR Condemns Trump Admin’s Termination of TPS for Cameroon, Calls for Special Humanitarian Parole

In December 2023, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in collaboration with the Cameroon American Council (CAC), Cameroon Student Union (CAMSU), Cameroonian Muslimahs of North America (CAMNA), jointly issued a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The letter underscored the dire conditions in Cameroon, the pervasive anti-Africanness and anti-Blackness in immigration and the urgent necessity for Special […]

CAIR in the News, June 12, 2025

CAIR-LA: Why Palestinian symbols are showing up at anti-ICE rallies – The New Arab CAIR: Group puts Randy Fine on its ‘Islamophobia hate list,’ calls him an ‘anti-Muslim extremist’ – Daytona Beach News-Journal CAIR: Rep. Fine Called ‘Racist’, ‘Extremist’ by Muslim Group – News Daytona Beach Rep. Randy Fine Labeled an ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’ by CAIR […]

CAIR-NY Applauds New York Decision to Preserve Media Access to Police Radio Communications

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded New York lawmakers’ decision to preserve media access to police radio communications.   SEE: New York legislators vote to preserve media access to encrypted police radio communications On June 6th, New York […]

CAIR ACTION ALERT: ACT NOW to Demand MCPS Apologize, Retract Anti-Free Speech Letter Targeting Palestinian Advocacy

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on community members to take urgent action after Sherwood High School in Montgomery County, MD, censored a student’s senior yearbook quote expressing solidarity with Palestinians. CLICK HERE TO SEND A LETTER TO MCPS NOW!  The student’s quote — […]