Federal terrorism watchlist is illegal, unfairly targets Muslims, lawsuit says
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing the U.S. government over its terrorism watchlist, claiming it disproportionately and unfairly targets Muslim Americans.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on behalf of 12 Muslim American plaintiffs around the country, seeks not only to remove their names from the Federal Terrorist Screening Dataset but asks the court to declare it unconstitutional.
“Twenty years later, there is not a shred of credible evidence that the unconstitutional watch-listing of American Muslims has made America even the slightest bit safer,” said Amy Doukoure, staff attorney for the council’s Michigan chapter, which filed the suit along with CAIR’s national office and multiple other chapters.
he suit names 29 federal agencies as defendants and describes the plaintiffs as law-abiding Muslim American citizens, lawful permanent residents and asylees.
“They work hard, pay their taxes, pursue their education, and care for their families,” the suit reads. “They have never been indicted, charged, or convicted of any terrorism-related offense. And yet, without any notice or explanation, the federal government extrajudicially sentenced them to lifetime second-class citizenship.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/27/us-terrorism-watchlist-targets-muslims-lawsuit/70970748007/
I tend to agree. How many of you have or know Muslim doctors, lawyers, other professionals, or just hard-working people? Maybe small businesspeople, housewives, teachers, whatever, going about their own business and being good citizens, just like every other immigrant?
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