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Tag: Department of Homeland Security

‪‎CAIR‬ Welcomes DHS Designation of Temporary Protected Status for Yemeni Nationals in U.S.

September 3, 2015
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Posted in Press Center Tagged Council on American Islamic Relations, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, StuckinYemen.com, Temporary Protective Status, TPS, Yemen, Yemeni

New Anti-Trespassing Law Could be Dangerous for Activists

March 14, 2012
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Reflecting on a tumultuous year of Occupy movements and the Arab Spring, the U.S. government has passed not one, but two new anti-protesting laws. With the exclusion of single word – from “willingly and knowingly” to simply “knowingly” – the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act is further restricting Americans first amendment rights.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged Activists, anti-trespass law, Arab American, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, Brad Thomson, chicago, Department of Homeland Security, deputy director, DHS, Fear, Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, G8, House of Representatives, movement, Muslim American, NATO, Occupy, People's Law Office, President, racism, Secret Service, Senate, Sufyan Sohel

Civil Disobedience at the Secure Communities Hearing

August 29, 2011
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On Wednesday, August 17th 2011, CAIR-Chicago staff attorney, Rabya Khan, and communications intern, Becky Fogel, attended a public hearing held by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to discuss the Secure Communities program. The event ended in civil disobedience led by local youth and the arrest of six attendees.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Uncategorized Tagged Alaa Mukahhal, Becky Fogel, Ben Small, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Bar Foundation, civil disobedience, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Ibew Hall, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigrant Youth Justice (IYJL), Islam, Moni Valasquez, Muslims, National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), Rabya Khan, Secure Communities

CAIR-Chicago attorney attends panel discussion on immigrant and human rights

April 28, 2011
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Kevin Vodak, CAIR-Chicago’s Staff Attorney, participated in a panel discussion in immigrant and human rights at WorldChicago’s Fulbright Scholar Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The conference, held at the National Museum of Mexican Art, was entitled Democracy and Human Rights: An Exploration.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged CAIR Chicago, democracy, Department of Homeland Security, Fulbright, Fulbright Scholar, human rights, Kevin Vodak, National museum of Mexican Art, North Korea, WorldChicago

Huffington Post: Why Racial Profiling Makes for Dumb Security

January 7, 2010
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After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab slipped by airport security only to be stopped thanks to the vigilance of fellow passengers, a debate on the effectiveness of airport security and counter-terrorism intelligence is no doubt in order. But trying to fix a problem without actually fixing the problem is misguided. Trying to fix it by introducing a new problem is dumb. This guy seemed to have left every clue short of raise his hand and proclaim, “Arrest me, I am a terrorist!”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Christmas Bomber, Counter-Terrorism, Department of Homeland Security, Huffington Post, Islam, Muslims, national security, News, Politics, racial profiling, terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Underwear Bomber

Yale Law Students Uncover Bush Policy of Ethnic Profiling

November 27, 2008
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American history is riddled with incidents of institutionalized discrimination and policies that marginalized minorities. While the federal government had come to regret such episodes, the current administration is repeating some of these mistakes.

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Posted in Our News Tagged Department of Homeland Security, Ethnic Profiling, Fairfield Weekly, Yale

CAIR-Chicago Attends Community Roundtable Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security

August 14, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab, Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham, and Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak attended the quarterly Community Roundtable held by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged CBP, Christina Abraham, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, ICE, Kevin Vodak, USCIS

CAIR-Chicago Attends Department of Homeland Security Community Roundtable

August 30, 2007
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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham and PILI Fellow Tawfiq Ali attended a roundtable hosted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Posted in Our News Tagged Christina Abraham, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, CRCL, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, TSA

Religion News Service: Depts of Justice, Homeland Security Receive Religion Training

February 5, 2007
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WASHINGTON — The departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun training employees to better understand and protect the civil liberties of American Muslims, Sikhs and other minority ethnic and religious groups in the wake of Sept. 11.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Sept. 11, Sikhs

Staff Attorney Represents Muslim Man in Citizenship Delay Hearing

January 9, 2007
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CAIR Chicago Staff Attorney Heena Musabji represented a Muslim man, unjustly delayed in obtaining citizenship, in federal court. He has been waiting 2 years and 5 months since he was told he passed his citizenship interview. The Department of Homeland Security points to the FBI name check not being completed as the reason for the…

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged citizenship, civil rights, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Heena Musabji
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