CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi represented a Muslim man experiencing a citizenship delay in an update interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi represented a man in an update interview for citizenship.

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.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a Muslim man in an update interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding his naturalization application.

CAIR-Chicago filed an appeal on behalf of a man who had faced citizenship delay and was rejected naturalization.

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been urging Arab and Muslim Americans to register with them in order to distinguish travelers from people whose names, or close variations thereof, appear on US no-fly or selected lists compiled by intelligence and law enforcement agencies. This is done under the guise of building positive relationships with the Arab and Muslim communities.