Ten Muslim men have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the government has violated their civil rights by denying them U.S. citizenship.

Ten Chicago area Muslim men filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government Thursday alleging their quest to become U.S. citizens is being delayed because of their Islamic faith and male gender.

Ten Chicago-area Muslim men filed a federal lawsuit against the government Thursday claiming their citizenship applications have been postponed for years because of their national and religious background.

Ten Muslim men allege that they have been denied U.S. citizenship for up to two years, in violation of their civil rights, despite passing every test and interview, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.

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This morning, a coalition of attorneys and civil rights activists filed a class action lawsuit arguing that 10 Muslim men who applied for U.S. citizenship are being discriminated against on the basis of their religion and gender.

Illegal immigrants and their allies gathered Monday for marches, prayers and demonstrations on a planned national day of economic protest, boycotting work, school and shopping to show their importance to the country.

Standing on the front lines of the immigrant rights movement is a network of eager volunteers and tech-savy organizers who have labored for weeks to make Monday's rally in downtown Chicago possible.

An estimated 700,000 people attended the Immigrants’ Rights march in downtown Chicago on May 1, 2006, in what has been said to be one of the largest rallies in American history.

CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator Sultan Muhammad attended the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Communications Workshop with a cross section of Illinois legal aid spokespersons and public interest law organization executives for a full day’s presentation designed to impart practical tools to improve outreach and advance the overall cause of equal access to justice.

Currently pending on the United States Senate’s agenda is the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.

The soldier's silhouette leans against his rifle as he kneels at the foot of a small cross. For more than six years, that veterans' memorial has stood at a busy Burbank intersection without complaint. But when the city decided to make it the centerpiece of the 2006-07 vehicle sticker, that riled lifelong resident Nichole Schultz.

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Four protesters arrested outside a Chicago Minuteman meeting in Arlington Heights last October pleaded guilty to battery Tuesday, but before leaving the courthouse some denied they did anything wrong.

This week CAIR-Chicago conducted a large scale mobilization effort to protect the civil rights of a Muslim-American activist.

This week CAIR-Chicago conducted a large scale mobilization effort to protect the civil rights of a Muslim-American activist.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Muslim woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after a clash with Arlington Heights police last year at an immigration rights demonstration.

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ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Muslim woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after a clash with Arlington Heights police last year at an immigration rights demonstration.

The court cases against four young adults arrested in Arlington Heights during an October protest aimed at the Chicago Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration group, ended Tuesday with guilty pleas by all.