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Over the past few months, CAIR-Chicago has received several reports of discrimination targeted towards the Muslim American community.
Some examples are:
A Muslim employee at a fast-food chain restaurant was asked to shave his beard and was fired when he did not do so.
A Muslim man accused of financial crimes seeks legal help dealing with the prosecutors on his case.
A Muslim family seeks assistance with a son who is missing in Pakistan.
A Muslim supervisor at a security company believes he was unfairly passed over for promotional opportunities and seeks legal advice.
A Muslim inmate at Stateville Correctional Center wishes to join a class-action lawsuit against IDOC for denying him a halal diet while in prison.
A Muslim traveler who was stopped at the airport by Customs seeks help getting a cell phone and laptop returned.
A Muslim citizenship applicant needs help with his application after waiting more than a year for his interview.
A Syrian Muslim couple whose asylum application was denied wants help with their upcoming Immigration Court date.
A Palestinian man is looking for immigration options for his son who is autistic and needs to come to the U.S. for treatment.
A Muslim family whose son is being bullied at school due to his religion seeks advice on how to deal with the school’s administration.
A Muslim man is stopped and interrogated at O’Hare when returning from KSA and has his phone seized due by CBP.
A Muslim employee going through training is treated rudely by her facilitators and is washed out of the program due to her religion and race.
A Muslim bank employee is harassed constantly at work about her religion and is subsequently fired.
A Muslim student is bullied at school regularly and the administration is not helping resolve it.
A DACA recipient was denied the opportunity to adjust her status to lawful permanent resident.
A Muslim traveler needs help filling out authorization forms for the Department of State.
A vet feels she was discriminated against at school by a professor who graded her unfairly.
Muslim man has been waiting since his January 2019 interview to receive an answer on his citizenship application.
A female applicant for a police officer position was asked inappropriate questions at her interview and then was told that she failed the exam.
A man went to pick up his friend who arrived in D.C. from Saudi Arabia but found out he was being detained by ICE.
An inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, would like to be part of the class-action lawsuit being brought against IDOC for its denial of halal meals to Muslim prisoners.
A part-time employee would like to pray during her work breaks but her employer is asking her to explain why she needs to do so.
This weekend, there was more cause for alarm with news that white supremacists are encouraging their members to spread COVID-19 to police and members of Jewish communities.
CAIR-Chicago is still open to contact for legal assistance despite Gov. Pritzker's shelter-in-place order. Please call us at 312-212-1520 and we will get back to you.
You can also file a complaint at www.cairchicago.org/report-discrimination.
If you or a loved one is detained while traveling, please call the 24/7 Travelers Assistance Project (TAP) hotline at 1-872-333-2737.
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