On Thursday, Dec. 19, the Sacramento, Chicago and New Jersey chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with the Law Office of Maria Kari, will announce the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for failing to evacuate American citizens, American legal residents, and the family members of Americans trapped under Israeli bombardment in the Gaza genocide.
The CAIR news conferences will include family members of those trapped in the Gaza genocide.
WHAT: CAIR-Chicago News Conference
WHEN: Thursday, December 19, 11 a.m. (CT)
WHERE: CAIR-Chicago’s Azima Center, 17 North State Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60602
LIVESTREAM: https://www.facebook.com/cairchicago
CONTACT: Maggie Slavin, Operations Manager of CAIR-Chicago, 815-590-3991, mslavin@cair.com; Hafsa Haider, Communications Coordinator of CAIR-Chicago, 561-317-7509, hhaider@ihoopercair-com
WHAT: CAIR-Sacramento Valley/Central California News Conference
WHEN: Thursday, December 19, 9:30 a.m. PT
WHERE: Virtual (Zoom): https://bit.ly/CAIRSVCCpressconference
LIVESTREAM: https://www.facebook.com/cairsvcc/ (will be uploaded to our Facebook after the conference)
CONTACT: Tasneem Manjara, Communications Consultant, tManjara@cair.com, (925) 297-5053 Anes Mokeddem, amokeddem@cair.com Communications Coordinator, (916) 441-6469
WHAT: CAIR-New Jersey News Conference
WHEN: Thursday, December 19, 12:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: CAIR-New Jersey office, 570 Broad St. Suite 703, Newark, NJ 07102
LIVESTREAM: https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNewJersey/
CONTACT: Aya Elamroussi, CAIR-NJ Communications Manager, aelamroussi@cair.com, 551-208-5482
BACKGROUNDER:
In the last 14 months, at least 45,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Palestinian-Americans are trapped amidst the destruction, facing a severe risk of losing their own lives while others need urgent medical treatment.
SEE: Chicago area woman’s family stuck in Gaza, suing Biden administration to force evacuation
While the State Department has acted promptly to evacuate similarly situated Americans of different backgrounds in other conflict zones, including Israeli-Americans after Oct. 7, it has failed to promptly evacuate Palestinian-Americans from Gaza. The lawsuit challenges the State Department’s failure to evacuate these Palestinian-Americans on constitutional grounds.
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La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Director of Government Affairs Department Robert S. McCaw, 202-716-6242, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com