DER Weekends: CAIR lawsuit aims to end federal watchlist system
“Detroit Evening Report Weekends” spends time with the community members who make up Detroit’s rich culture and identity.
CAIR Michigan held a press conference to announce a lawsuit filed Sept. 18, 2023 to end the federal terror watchlist.
On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, hosts Nargis Rahman and Sascha Raiyn tell the story of a lawsuit filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) against 29 government agencies on behalf of a dozen plaintiffs alleging they’ve been unfairly targeted by the national terrorist watchlist.
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Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the lawsuit seeks injunctive relief, declaratory relief and damages for its 12 plaintiffs, as well as seeking to remove their names from the list and declare it unconstitutional, alleging that the list disproportionately impacts American Muslims.
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