By Celia Katz-Zogby By repeatedly invoking the threat of MS-13 gang activity, and maligning sanctuary and 4th Amendment cities, the Trump administration seems to be doubling down on its irrational and possibly illegal approach to undocumented immigrants. In an executive order released January 25, 2017, the Trump administration threatened to...
Forty Four years ago today, an Arab American from Yemen gave his life for a just cause
by Bob Fitch - Cesar Chaves leads funeral procession for UFW martyr Nagi Daifullah, 1973 By Annie Riley Farm Workers Join Together “No other segment of our population is so poorly paid yet contributes so much to our Nation’s wealth and welfare,” said the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor....
AAI Response to Charlottesville
AAI Statement in Response to the Tragedy in Charlottesville We are devastated but sadly not surprised by what we all witnessed on Saturday in Charlottesville. Whether these extremists are called white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazis or fascists – they have no legitimate place in the dialogue of our nation. Hate is...
On Wednesday, August 9 AAI held a Congressional Briefing entitled "Trump’s Proposed Budget Increases: Civil Rights Protections at Risk." The event followed a previous AAI Congressional discussion about Trump’s proposed budget cuts. The speakers at the event detailed how the Trump administration has requested to both shift funding and add funding to specific...
By Kai Wiggins Anthony Scaramucci’s tenure at the White House was akin to that of a roman candle exploding in the night. He was colorful. He was loud. He was made to entertain. But he wasn’t here to stay. Like all good fireworks, the now-former communications director fizzled into the...
Trump Administration continues to exacerbate the terrorism trope
The late Jack Shaheen observed in 1984 that U.S. media and culture portray Arabs as only “billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers,” creating flat Arab characters which form the popular tropes that inhabit the mind of millions of Americans and others around the world. Since 9/11, however, many U.S. government officials and politicians...
Bipartisan Agreement from Senators Paul & Wyden on Dangers of Section 702 Surveillance
By Annie Riley Despite a deep partisan divide in Congress over many issues, two senators, from the opposite sides of the spectrum, have joined forces to fight for civil liberties. On Thursday, July 27, the CATO Institute hosted a policy forum moderated by Patrick Eddington, a CATO policy analyst in...
The Anti-American RAISE Act
Originally published in The Hill. Hey Trump, Lady Liberty's promise actually matters to immigration law President Trump and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue’s (R-Ga.) White House announcement of the new version of the RAISE Act, a bill that aims to lower legal immigration to the U.S. by more than 40 percentby turning away non-English...
Another Ban: Trump’s attack on LGBTQ Rights
By Sarah Decker Following the Muslim Ban, which bars the entrance of refugees and individuals from five Arab countries and Iran, all Muslim majority countries, Trump’s latest ban seeks to prevent transgender soldiers from serving in the U.S. military. The ban was announced through a series of tweets on July...
by Dina Al-Zu'bi It is not news that Arabs and Muslims are misrepresented (and often conflated) in U.S. news and entertainment media alike. The consequences of this misrepresentation are ones that Arab Americans and American Muslims know all too well. In more pleasant features, we are exoticized and condescendingly mystified,...
