The Civil Rights Department at CAIR-Chicago has resolved more than 220 citizenship delay cases as well as cases involving employment discrimination. Read more about the legal team's successes.
Read MoreThe Civil Rights Department at CAIR-Chicago has resolved more than 220 citizenship delay cases as well as cases involving employment discrimination. Read more about the legal team's successes.
Read MoreLitigation Director Kevin Vodak recently resolved citizenship delay cases for American Muslims in Chicago.
Read MoreLitigation Director Kevin Vodak recently resolved citizenship delay cases for American Muslims in Chicago.
Read MoreCivil Rights Director Christina Abraham represented a man in an appeal hearing for his application for citizenship before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Read MoreFeature 277 After 12 years living, studying, and working legally in the United States, Sheeraz Iqbal sought to trade in his Pakistani citizenship and swear allegiance to America for good.
Read MoreWhat: Community Forum on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Citizenship Delay, & Name checks
Read MoreA national report released locally today by the Chicago office of a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group indicates a 25 percent increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2005 to 2006, with citizenship delays being the major issue.
Read MoreCAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Heena Musabji, and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham, met with Charles Roth of the Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center (MIHRC), and David Berten of Competition Law Groups to discuss amendments to the class action complaint the legal team filed a couple of weeks ago.
Read MoreCAIR-Chicago hosted a panel of US government representatives last Thursday at the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview in order to explore the reasons behind the widespread delay in Citizenship Applications for members of the Muslim community.
Read MoreCAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham and AAAN Family Empowerment Program Director Ahlam Jbarra conducted a workshop regarding the lengthy delays in obtaining citizenship that many Muslims are facing.
Read MoreAttorneys for the Citizenship Delay Project met with 14 clients to inform the clients of the progress that has been made on the project and the next steps that are soon to come.
Read MoreTOPIC - Citizenship Delay Project
Read More2/19/06 – CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham conducted a workshop regarding the lengthy delays in obtaining citizenship that many Muslims are facing.
Read MoreTOPIC - Citizenship Delay Project
Read MoreSince beginning its Citizenship Delay Project with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), CAIR-Chicago has received word that four of the delayed cases have cleared and these applicants have been granted citizenship status.
Read MoreCAIR-Chicago Executive Director Yaser Tabbara and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham conducted an information session on the Citizenship Delay Project that CAIR-Chicago and AAAN have been working on to address the issue of lengthy delays being experienced by many in the Muslim community.
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