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Tag: Humanizing Immigration Policies

CAIR-NY Condemns ICE Assault on Journalist for Turkish News Agency

Injury comes as Israel murders freelance journalist in Gaza for another Turkish media outlet The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a reported attack by federal agents on journalists outside a New York City immigration court on Tuesday, […]

CAIR Calls End of Temporary Protected Status for Syrians ‘Premature,’ Urges Extension Until Rebuilding and Safety Make Returns Possible

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today opposed the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians in America, calling it premature while much of Syria remains devastated and uninhabitable following the destruction left by the former Assad regime. Entire neighborhoods in Syrian […]

CAIR Welcomes Withdrawal of Rep. Mast’s Unconstitutional Passport Revocation Provision

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the withdrawal of Section 226 of H.R. 5300, a dangerous provision that would have granted Secretary of State Marco Rubio sweeping, unchecked authority to revoke U.S. passports. Rep. Brian Mast backed out,retreating from this harmful measure, showing that even […]

CAIR, CAIR-LA Say SCOTUS Decision Gives ICE “License to Profile and Terrorize” Latino Community

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) today expressed strong opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively permits Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to resume racially profiling, detaining, and interrogating Latinos who gather in public in Los […]

CAIR-CT Welcomes Lifting of Israeli Travel Ban on Meriden Family

The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), together with the Abdelghani family of Meriden, welcomes the news that U.S. citizens Intifada Abdelghani and her 14-year-old son Musa, both U.S. citizens, will now be able to return home after Israel lifted a security ban that had prevented them from leaving the country. CAIR-CT recently called on state elected officials […]

CAIR-Ohio Joins Faith Leaders in Urging Gov. DeWine to Stop Deportation of Imam Ayman Soliman

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ohio (CAIR-Ohio) yesterday joined dozens of interfaith leaders and community members at the Ohio Statehouse to deliver a letter to Governor Mike DeWine, urging him to act immediately to prevent the deportation of Imam Ayman Soliman, a Cincinnati imam and hospital chaplain currently being held in ICE custody. The letter was signed […]

CAIR-WA Calls on Federal Authorities to Release Muslim Veteran Taken into ICE Custody at Citizenship Interview 

The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Federal authorities to release prominent community member and veteran Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry from immigration detention.  Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry was taken into ICE detention today, August 21, at a citizenship […]

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 […]