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-Minnesota to Hold Press Conference Monday to Condemn President Trump’s Expanded Muslim and African Ban
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota) will hold a press conference on Monday, June 9 at 3:30 p.m. CT to denounce President Donald Trump’s newly implemented travel and immigration ban affecting 19 countries—primarily Muslim-majority, African, and Southeast Asian nations. The executive order goes into effect today, June 9, and bars or restricts travel from 12 countries, […]
Community Alert: What You Need to Know About Trump’s New Travel Ban Order
Assalamu alaikum, We write to share updates and guidance about the newly expanded Muslim and African Ban. Yesterday, President Trump issued an order blocking or restricting new immigration or travel entry into the United States for citizens of 19 countries who do not already have U.S. legal status—mostly from Muslim-majority and African nations. It is […]
CAIR Calls Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban Targeting Mostly Muslim, African Nations, Free Speech ‘Unnecessary, Overbroad and Ideologically Motivated’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to President Trump’s new and expanded travel ban, which targets 19 mostly Muslim and African nations and raises the specter of more vague ideological screening tests on immigrants, by calling the order “unnecessary, overbroad and ideologically motivated.” CAIR also […]
CAIR Urges Trump Admin to Reconsider Termination of TPS for Afghanistan, Calls for Pathway to Citizenship
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reverse their decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan and urged Congress to pass legislation establishing a clear pathway to citizenship for Afghan nationals […]
CAIR Expresses ‘Deep Skepticism’ Over ICE’s Belated Justification for Detaining U.S. Citizen in Alabama
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed skepticism over ICE’s justification for detaining a US citizen with a REAL ID in Alabama. The Department of Homeland Security has spoken out in defense of ICE’s Wednesday arrest of a Foley construction worker who is a U.S. […]
CAIR Condemns ‘Unjust Farce’ After Trump and Bukele Refuse to Return Maryland Father Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group also says President Bukele, a Palestinian and the son of an imam, should be at the forefront of demanding justice for all The Maryland office and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned an “unjust farce” in the Oval Office after President Trump and El […]
BREAKING: CAIR Says Louisiana Immigration Judge’s ‘Dangerous, Unconstitutional’ Ruling on Mahmoud Khalil Must Not Stand
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a ruling by a U.S. immigration judge in Louisiana that Columbia University anti-genocide activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his peaceful political activities and beliefs is a “dangerous, unconstitutional” decision that must not stand. The judge gave Khalil’s attorneys until […]
CAIR-GA, Advancing Justice-Atlanta Condemn Trump Admin’s Revocation of International Students’ Visas at UGA, KSU and Emory
Civil rights groups call for immediate reinstatement and protection of international students’ rights The Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), the local chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, today expressed grave concern and outrage following reports from international students in Georgia that […]
CAIR Calls DHS Consideration of Criticism of Israel in Immigration Benefits ‘McCarthyism’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy to screen social media for “antisemitic activity” to block immigration benefits amounts to ‘McCarthyism.” The new policy affects people applying for lawful permanent status, foreign student visas and […]