CAIR Calls on USCIS to Rescind ‘Israel First’ Immigration Policy that Threatens Benefits and Free Speech on Palestine
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immediately rescind a new policy that threatens both immigration benefits and the First Amendment rights of immigrant communities, particularly those advocating for Palestinian human rights. On August 19, USCIS released Policy Alert PA-2025-16, instructing […]
OP-ED: Expelling Brilliance: Trump’s Assault on International Students Imperils America
When brilliance, innovation, and the freedom to think, speak, and believe are driven out, we must be wary and active citizens; we cannot stay silent. We must fight for a country where politics do not gate opportunity and where the world’s brightest minds are not exiled but embraced. The future of America depends on it. […]
CAIR Calls on Rubio to Address Whether He Spoke with Laura Loomer Before Banning Gaza Medical Visas
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address whether he spoke directly with anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer, as she claims, before banning Palestinian children injured by American weapons in Gaza from seeking medical care in the U.S. and […]
CAIR Says Trump Admin’s $15,000 Visa Bond Program Is ‘Legalized Shakedown,’ Not National Security
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Trump administration’s new visa bond pilot program requiring foreign visitors from select countries to pay up to $15,000 in cash deposits as a condition for entry into the United States as a “legalized shakedown.” SEE: Federal Register :: Visas: Visa […]
CAIR Condemns ICE’s Detention of Pastor in Easton, Maryland
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, expresses deep concern and condemnation over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a longstanding pastor in Easton, Maryland. According to local reports, Espinal was taken into ICE custody after leaving Lowe’s […]
CAIR Demands Release of North Carolina Asylum Seeker Abducted By ICE in Apparent Case of Mistaken Identity
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil-rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the abduction of longtime North Carolina resident, father of five and Libyan asylum-seeker Mohamed Ali Aboubaker Naser, who was taken into custody by ICE agents who reportedly misidentified him as an Iranian citizen. In a statement, CAIR Community Advocacy Director […]
CAIR Ohio Calls for Immediate Release of Cincinnati Imam Detained by ICE
The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called for the immediate release of Imam Ayman Soliman, a respected Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and imam at Clifton Mosque, who was detained yesterday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). SEE: Former Cincinnati Children’s chaplain detained by ICE – USA Today Imam Ayman […]
CAIR, CAIR-DFW Welcomes Release of Palestinian Woman Detained by ICE While Returning from Honeymoon
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Dallas Fort Worth chapter (CAIR-DFW) today welcomed the release of Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman detained by ICE as she was returning from her honeymoon with her husband. Sakeik was released from the Prairieland Detention Center on Tuesday evening. A stateless Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia, she […]
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CAIR-Minnesota Director to Join Instagram Event on Impact of Trump’s New Travel Ban
On Thursday, June 26, Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota) will join a live Instagram event, “Trump’s travel ban: What it means for Minnesotans,” discussing the impact of President Trump’s new travel ban barring nationals of 12 countries from entering the U.S. and partially restricting those from another […]