The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) recently filed two complaints on behalf of Middle-Eastern men who alleged the USCIS has unlawfully delayed the processing of their citizenship applications.

Civil 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).

Feature 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.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham represented a Muslim man at an update interview for his naturalization application. The man had been waiting for approval of his application after passing the interview and exam in 2004. An update interview was scheduled for the man after CAIR-Chicago filed a complaint in federal court on his behalf.

CAIR-Chicago PILI Fellow Munsoor Hussain filed a denial of a naturalization application after a Muslim man was denied citizenship for failing to appear at an update interview.

A federal district court approved the application of a Muslim man who had been waiting over seven years for a decision on his naturalization application.

One more CAIR-Chicago citizenship delay client took the oath for citizenship after a lengthy delay in the processing of his application.

Three citizenship delay clients were sworn in as U.S. citizens after lengthy delays. The length of wait for these men ranged from three to four years.

Another CAIR-Chicago client received his citizenship after a lengthy delay. The Muslim man applied for citizenship in 2005, and finally obtained his citizenship after two years of waiting.

A Muslim man attended his update interview after a lengthy wait for the results of the required name check on his naturalization application