CAIR Decries Supreme Court Decision to Allow Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/27/20) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows a Trump administration change to immigration rules that would give the government wide-reaching ability to deny green cards to those who have participated in public aid programs. Current […]
CAIR Welcomes Courts’ Decision to Block New Trump Rule Seeking to Limit Legal Immigration
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/14/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed three federal courts’ decision to block a new Trump administration rule that would severely limit immigration of low-income migrants. Last week, federal judges in California, New York and Washington issued injunctions temporarily blocking the implementation […]
CAIR-CA Publishes 2019 Annual Legal Services Report Showing Jump in Immigration Cases
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 08/19/19) The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today announced the release of a statewide annual legal report showing a jump in immigration cases reported to CAIR-CA offices across the state. CAIR-CA’s ‘Annual Legal Report 2019’ summarizes and analyzes all civil rights and immigration complaints in 2018 reported to CAIR-CA’s […]
CAIR Condemns New Trump Rule Seeking to Limit Legal Immigration
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/13/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a Trump administration change to immigration rules that would give the government wide reaching ability to deny green cards for those who have participated in public aid programs. Current immigration law classifies immigrants who are […]
CAIR Decries U.S. Cardinal’s Islamophobic Claim that Resisting Muslim Immigration is ‘Responsible,’ Citing of Debunked ‘No Go Zone’ Myth
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/23/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed concern about remarks by U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke smearing Islam and opposing Muslim immigration based on a debunked Islamophobic “no go zone” conspiracy theory. At the Roman Life Forum last week, Cardinal Burke stated that […]
CAIR-California Applauds Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘Defiance Against Trump’s Inhumane Immigration Agenda’
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/12/19) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today applauded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address in which he took a stand against President Donald Trump’s xenophobic policies. AUDIO: Gov. Gavin Newsom Delivers First State of the State (Capital Public Radio) “Among the governor’s many policy commitments, CAIR-California applauds Gov. Newsom’s […]
CAIR Joins Call for Release of Mother Detained in Maryland Following Routine Immigration Check-In
(BALTIMORE, MD., 1/14/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined calls for the release of a Maryland mother detained during a routine check-in with immigration officials last week. Roxana Santos is currently being held at a facility on the Eastern Shore. CAIR has joined […]
CAIR-Columbus Resolves Immigration Delay Lawsuits Against U.S. Consulates in Jerusalem, Ankara
(COLUMBUS, OHIO, 11/21/2017) — The Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Columbus) today announced the successful resolution of two lawsuits against U.S. consulates abroad for unreasonably delaying immigrant visas. The first lawsuit, filed last January in the Northern District of Ohio, was against the consulate in Jerusalem and challenged a nearly nine-year […]
CAIR-SFBA: Local Immigration Advocates to Hold Vigil to Support Families Impacted by Trump’s Muslim Bans
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 10/08/17) – On Monday, October 9, local groups from the Bay Area, including the Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (ALC), the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) will […]
CAIR Action Alert: Urge Congress to Oppose Bill Slashing Legal Immigration, Favoring English Speakers
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/3/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans of conscience to urge their members of Congress to not support the Trump administration-endorsed RAISE Act (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act), that slashes legal immigration in half from 1 […]