(WASHINGTON, DC – 12/19/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s report Mislabeled as a Threat: How the Terrorist Watchlist and Government Screening Processes Impact Americans.
“This report is the latest evidence that the FBI’s secret watchlist is ruining the lives of innocent people,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. “We call on the Biden administration to stop the FBI’s dissemination of its watchlist immediately.”
McCaw added, “We are pleased that the committee is listening to CAIR through our reports and our litigation. We hope they will come to understand that the watch listing system is irreparably broken.”
SEE ALSO: CAIR Issues Report on Secret Government Watchlist, Calls on President Biden to Take Action
SEE ALSO: CBS Reports Documentary “The Watchlist”
In September, CAIR announced the filing of a lawsuit with a dozen plaintiffs seeking an end to the government’s secret watchlist that almost exclusively targets Muslims for harassment and humiliation when they travel.
SEE: CAIR Announces Lawsuit in D.C., Mass., N.J., Mich. Seeking End to Secret Government Watchlist
McCaw noted that ending unconstitutional watchlist abuses was among the issues that hundreds of American Muslims participating in the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations’ (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations, 8th annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill addressed directly with legislators and their staff earlier this year.
SEE: CAIR Reps to Take Part in USCMO 8th National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in D.C., June 12-13
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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, 202-999-8292, 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