CAIR-MN, Community Leaders to Respond to ICE-Involved Fatal Shooting in Minneapolis
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a noon news conference with community leaders to respond to an ICE-involved fatal shooting in Minneapolis. WHEN: Today, January 7, 12 p.m. WHERE: Near the scene of the shooting at 34th Street […]
CAIR-NJ Applauds Passage of Immigrant Protections Bill Package Out of Assembly Judiciary Committee, Encourages Assembly Appropriations Committee to Vote Favorably
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the Assembly Judiciary Committee for advancing a critical package of immigrant protection bills—A6308, A6309, and A6310—during yesterday’s hearing. The bill package is expected to be heard next by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, January […]
CAIR Welcomes Dropping of Deportation Order for Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Concentration Camps
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dropping of a deportation order for Heng Guan, a Chinese citizen who documented the Chinese government’s Uyghur concentration camps. Earlier this month, CAIR called for his release from ICE custody. Guan, who fled China after gathering evidence of human-rights […]
CAIR Md. Welcomes U. Of Maryland Student Government Vote Urging Campus Protections for Immigrant Students
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the University of Maryland Student Government Association’s (SGA) recent passage of a resolution urging the university to adopt sanctuary campus protections in a move that reflects growing student concern for safety, dignity, and equal access to education for all students, regardless of immigration […]
CAIR Opposes Latest Expansion of Muslim and African Travel Ban, Unprecedented Targeting of Families of U.S. Citizens
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed strong opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to expand its discriminatory 2025 Muslim and African travel ban by adding seven more countries to the fully-banned list, imposing full restrictions on people traveling with Palestinian Authority-issued documents, and limiting the […]
CAIR Calls for ICE to Release Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Concentration Camps
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for the release of Heng Guan, a Chinese citizen who documented the Chinese government’s Uyghur concentration camps, from ICE custody. Guan, who fled China after gathering evidence of human-rights violations against the nation’s Uyghur population, is reportedly at […]
Somali Community and CAIR-Minnesota to Announce Initiatives to Support Community
Somali community leaders, joined by CAIR-Minnesota and allied organizations, plan to hold a press conference today at 3:00 p.m. at Minneapolis City Hall to announce a series of initiatives aimed at supporting and strengthening the Somali American community amid recent attacks and escalating misinformation. WHAT: Press Conference WHEN: Today, Thursday, December 4, 2025 – 3:00 […]
CAIR-SFBA Warns of Rising ICE Detentions of Afghan Community Members in Bay Area, Condemns Discriminatory Immigration Freeze
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today warned of increasing ICE detentions of Afghan community members in the Bay Area and condemned the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on immigration-related processing for Afghan nationals as discriminatory “collective punishment” that puts […]
CAIR Calls USCIS Order Freezing Asylum ‘Overbroad, Redundant and Discriminatory’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a sweeping new USCIS directive that freezes all pending asylum applications nationwide, halts all pending applications and orders the re-review of immigration benefits for nationals of the 19 countries targeted in President Trump’s updated June 2025 Muslim and African travel ban. In […]
CAIR, CAIR-MN Strongly Condemns ‘Raw Racism’ Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali-American Community
The Minnesota chapter and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned racist and dishonest attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and the broader Somali-American community, including remarks by President Trump referring to all Somali-Americans and Somali immigrants as “garbage” and calling for […]