The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today endorsed the call for a nationwide strike on January 30 to protest the killings of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and others by ICE agents, as well as the agency’s violent sieges of numerous cities.
The strike has been endorsed by hundreds of local, state and national organizations.
SEE: NATIONAL SHUTDOWN—FRI. JANUARY 30
In a statement, CAIR said:
“We urge all Americans to participate in this strike to send the message that ICE is out of control and must be stopped. Shooting innocent people, including American citizens, dead on the street in broad daylight is just one of the many abuses ICE is committing in American cities. These breaches of law and order and violations of civil rights must stop immediately.”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, 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