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 […]
CAIR Seeks White House Clarification on DHS Proposal to Use National Guard for Immigration Roundups
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/17/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to clarify the origins and current status of a draft U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal to mobilize National Guard troops to round up millions of undocumented immigrants. According […]
DC: CAIR Rep to Join NJ Congressional Delegation at Meeting with Muslim Leaders to Address Immigration Concerns, Growing Islamophobia
WASHINGTON – Today, February 14, 2017, CAIR Director of Government Affairs Robert McCaw will join Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, Cory Booker, U.S. Reps. Donald Norcross, Josh Gottheimer, Frank Pallone, Jr., Leonard Lance, Albio Sires, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Donald Payne, Jr. to hear from constituents statewide on the impact of the now-halted […]
CAIR-Missouri to Join St. Louis March Against Muslim Ban, Anti-Immigration Orders
(ST. LOUIS, MO., 2/02/2017) – On Sunday, February 4th, Missouri Immigration and Refugee Advocates and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MO) will hold a rally and march to speak out against the unconstitutional executive orders of Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban,” blocking of refugees and border wall. WHAT: St. Louis March Against Muslim […]
CAIR-AL: Human Rights and Immigrant Rights Advocates, Faith and Community Leaders and Birmingham Mayor to Respond to President’s Immigration Executive Orders
(BIRMINGHAM, AL, 1/27/17) – On Saturday, January 28, the Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama), the nation’s largest civil rights and advocacy group for Muslims, along with public officials, community leaders, human rights advocates, and interfaith organizations will hold a press conference in Birmingham to respond to the recent presidential immigration orders. […]
MEDIA ADVISORY – CAIR-GA: Georgia Muslim, Latino Leaders to Hold News Conference With Civil Rights and Refugee Groups In Response to Pres. Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders
(ATLANTA, GA - 1/26/17) – On Thursday, January 26, a diverse coalition of Georgia's civil rights, immigration and refugee organizations will hold a news conference in response to executive orders expected to be signed by President Donald Trump restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries. WHAT: News Conference in Opposition to Executive Orders on Immigration WHEN: Thursday, […]
CAIR-GA Joins Interfaith ICE Rally Calling for Immigration Reform
(ATLANTA, GA, 5/31/16) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) recently joined other religious leaders and immigration reform advocates at an interfaith rally outside the Atlanta headquarters of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Rally participants called for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system, particularly its treatment of immigrants fleeing violence […]
CAIR-MN’s Jaylani Hussein Receives Award From Minnesota/Dakotas American Immigration Lawyers Association
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 5/16/16) — The Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and The Advocates for Human Rights on Friday presented its annual “Immigrant of Distinction Award†to Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN). The award is in recognition to Hussein’s outstanding contribution to […]
CAIR Joins 326 Civil Rights, Immigration, Community Groups to Urge Supreme Court Approval of Immigration Relief Programs
Amicus Brief features profiles of families whose lives would improve if immigration programs were approved (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/16) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined a diverse coalition of 326 immigration, civil rights, labor, and social service groups in filing an amicus (“friend of the courtâ€) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in […]