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CUNY Law Faculty Statement to the Board of Trustees (June 1, 2023) VIEW

“Episode 7: The ‘War on Terror’”, They Are Just Deportees (Podcast), 7/15/20 VIEW

“For Supreme Court Advocates, Virus-Era Delays Pose 'Stay Fresh' Challenge”, National Law Journal, 3/17/20 VIEW

“Once-Accused Al Qaeda Sympathizer Goes Home”, New York Times, 3/16/20 VIEW

“The Absurd, Almost Comic Folly of Michael Bloomberg’s Muslim Surveillance”, Slate, 2/25/20 VIEW

“At Supreme Court, a Case on Abuse of the No-Fly List”, New York Times, 2/24/20 VIEW

“Bloomberg’s NYPD spied on me for being Muslim. He has never apologized”, Washington Post, 2/20/20 VIEW

“ACLU sues CBP over ‘highly secretive’ teams detaining travelers”, NBC News, 12/18/2019 VIEW

“Supreme Court to consider whether FBI agents can be sued for money damages for religious freedom violation”, ABA Journal, 11/22/2019 VIEW

“Supreme Court to Decide Case Involving Muslims Placed on No-Fly List”, Wall Street Journal, 11/22/2019 VIEW

“Supreme Court to take up Trump appeal over Muslims put on 'no fly list' for refusing to spy”, The Hill, 11/22/2019 VIEW

“Justices grant government’s petition in dispute over lawsuit against FBI agents”, 11/22/2019, SCOTUS Blog, 11/22/2019 VIEW

“Claims of Extortionate No-Fly List Head to High Court”, Courthouse News Service, 11/22/2019 VIEW

“Undocumented man persuaded to spy for the FBI”, Public Radio International, 9/13/2019, VIEW

“Pressured to Spy on NYC Mosques for Two Years, an Immigrant FBI Informant Seeks a Way Out”, Gothamist, 08/22/2019 VIEW

“Somali man wins fight to join wife, kids”, Northjersey.com, 07/16/2019 VIEW

"Advocates gather to support Somali man detained in NJ ICE facility for 18 months", Northjersey.com, 6/11/2019 VIEW

"Somali immigrant detained in NJ fights to stay with family in US", Northjersey.com, 6/10/2019 VIEW

“American Muslims In Public Life Say They Face Outsize Scrutiny”, NPR, 05/15/2019, VIEW

“Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on terror?”, The Guardian, 12/13/2018 VIEW

“Second Circuit Airs Split Decision to Deny Muslim Plaintiffs' 'No Fly' Suit En Banc Review”, New York Law Journal, 02/14/2019 VIEW

“U.S. court allows 'No-Fly List' lawsuits, dissenters warn of danger”, Reuters, 02/14/19 VIEW

“Undocumented Immigrants Face a Choice: Become an Informant for ICE or Be Deported”, The Intercept, 9/24/2018 VIEW

“Report Criticizes NYPD Collaboration with Israel”, Documented NY, 9/12/2018 VIEW

“Jail Juvenile Offenders Until Middle Age', Trump Health Secretary Argued in 1991 Memo”, The Guardian, 9/10/2018 VIEW

“Jack Ryan Is About Fighting Terrorism--But Can It Battle Stereotypes?”, CBS, 8/26/2018 VIEW

“Hidden Loopholes Allow FBI Agents to Infiltrate Political and Religious Groups”, The Intercept, 1/31/2017 VIEW

“Many Muslim Travelers Are Anxious After Latest Travel Restrictions”, NPR, 9/28/2017 VIEW

“Banned Together: SCOTUS Edition”, See Something Say Something, 7/6/2018 VIEW

“NYPD Continues to Focus Surveillance on Muslims”, Documented NY, 7/19/2018 VIEW

“NYPD Surveillance of Muslim Communities Decreased: Report”, The Crime Report, 6/8/2018 VIEW

“Report Says NYPD Muslim Surveillance Has Decreased”, WNYC, 6/11/2018 VIEW

“Report Shows Decline in NYPD Investigations of Protected Activities with Civil Monitor in Place”, New York Law Journal, 6/8/2018 VIEW

“2nd Circ. Revives Immigrants' Suit Over No-Fly List Placement”, Law360, 5/2/2018 VIEW

“Court: Muslims banned from flying after refusing FBI, can sue”, Newsday, 5/2/2018 VIEW

“Second Circuit Revives Muslims' 'No-Fly' Suit, Finding Federal Agents Individually Liable”, New York Law Journal, 5/2/2018 VIEW

“No-Fly List Abuse Could Cost FBI Agents”, Courthouse News Service, 3/2/2017 VIEW

“After the New York attack: Extreme vetting or racial profiling?”, France24, 11/1/2017 VIEW

“Terrorism': A word we need to retire”, New York Daily News, 11/8/2017 VIEW

“After Terror Attack, Uzbek Community Faces Unwanted Attention Again”, New York Times, 11/6/2017 VIEW

“From War-torn Lebanon to Homeland - Ramzi's Extraordinary Journey”, Mvslim, 10/1/2017 VIEW

“People Have Always Feared I'll Become a Radcial”, Slate, 9/21/2017 VIEW

“Muslim New Yorkers Now Have Someone Watching the Cops Who Watch Them”, WNYC, 7/12/2017 VIEW

“Ciccolo Attorneys Seek Access to Witnesses' Identities”, Berkshires, 7/11/2017 VIEW

“Standing Rock Documents Expose Inner Workings of "Surveillance Industrial Complex", The Intercept, 6/3/2017 VIEW

“A Rare Look at How Terrorism Cases Are Made”, The Village Voice, 5/23/2017 VIEW

“The Newlyweds Kept Apart by Donald Trump's Muslim Ban”, The Daily Beast, 5/12/2017 VIEW

“Gang Raids": Stop and Frisk By Another Name”, The Village Voice, 4/28/2017 VIEW

“Moving Target: Is 'Homeland' Still Racist?”, LA Review of Books, 3/31/17 VIEW

“How a Muslim lawyer and critic of Showtime's 'Homeland' became a consultant for the show”, Public Radio International, 3/24/17 VIEW

“He Didn't Like 'Homeland.' Now He's Advising It”, The New York Times, 3/12/17 VIEW

“Historic settlement on NYPD spying”, PSC Clarion, April 2017 VIEW

“No Backspace: NY's Rules for Policing Political Activity Still Need Tightening”, City Limits, 3/17/17 VIEW

“NYPD Defends its New Independent Monitor from Muslim-American Critics”, The Observer, 3/22/17 VIEW

“A Way to Control Police Spying”, The New York Times, 3/15/17 VIEW

“Settling for More: The NYPD's New Oversight Deal”, Lawfare, 3/8/17 VIEW

“The NYPD Just Agreed to New Oversight When Spying on Citizens”, Vice, 3/7/17 VIEW

“Judge greenlights settlement in NYPD-Muslim surveillance suit”, New York Daily News, 3/21/17 VIEW

“After Spying on Muslims, New York Police Agree to Greater Oversight”, New York Times, 3/6/17 VIEW

“Islam on Trial”, Boston Review, 2/27/17 VIEW

“Sudanese Refugees After the Ban”, The New Yorker, 3/6/17 VIEW

“Refugees rattled by FBI calls meant to 'build trust'“, North Jersey, 2/14/17 VIEW

“Worried About Being Detained After a Flight? Maybe This App Will Help”, WNYC, 5/23/17 VIEW

“NYC's 2017 BigApps Competition Announces Winners”, Government Technology, 5/23/17 VIEW

“The Tech Helping Immigrants Hack the Ban”, City Lab, 3/24/17 VIEW

“Even Muslim-Amercian Citizens Have Been Caught in the Net of Trump's Travel Ban”, The Nation, 3/23/17 VIEW

“Bodge Strike Raises Over $8,000 for CUNY Program That Advocates for Muslims”, Brooklyn Patch, 2/6/17 VIEW

“In first 72 hours of President Trump's travel ban, refugees, asylum seekers describe chaos, confusion”, ABC News, 1/31/17 VIEW

“Attorneys Warn Immigrants Not to Travel Outisde the US., Thanks to Trump”, Huffington Post, 1/26/17 VIEW

“Mayors and Activists Revolt Against Trump's "Muslim Ban" Executive Order”, TruthOut, 1/26/17 VIEW

“Donald Trump's Silence on the Quebec Mosque Shooting is Dangerous for American Muslims”, Huffington Post, 2/1/17 VIEW

“POTUS Travel Ban Stirs Public Outcry”, Indivisible, 1/30/17 VIEW

“Banned Together EP. 1”, See Something Say Something, 2/3/17 VIEW

"This is Ethnic Cleansing:" Immigration Lawyers Work the Graveyard Shift at JFK”, Gothamist, 1/30/17 VIEW

“Lawmakers warn of a constitutional crisis”, The Nation, 1/30/17 VIEW

“Second judge halts deportations at U.S. airports as Trump order creates chaos”, McClatchy, 1/28/17 VIEW

“Civil Rights Organizations Urge Muslims to Get to Know Their Rights”, Huffington Post, 1/27/17 VIEW

“In Trump Meeting, Rep. King Calsl for Muslim Surveillance Designed After NYPD Program”, Long Island Press, 11/16/16 VIEW

“Muslims Mobilize for the Trump Era”, WNYC, 11/14/16 VIEW

“In New York, is it time for a change in Muslim surveillance laws”, The Christian Science Monitor, 11/1/16 VIEW

“Feds seek to drop charges in case tied to alleged Yemen U.S. Embassy abuses”, Politico, 10/6/16 VIEW

“Revealed: The FBI's Secret Methods for Recruiting Informants at the Border”, The Intercept, 10/5/16 VIEW

“The FBI Wanted to Target Yemenis Through Student Groups and Mosques”, The Intercept, 9/29/16 VIEW

“Calls to Treat Terror Suspects as "Enemy Combatants" Push U.S. Toward Totalitarianism”, Democracy Now, 9/20/16 VIEW

“Could Cellphone Alerts Used to Search for New York Bombing Suspect Open Door for Attachs on Muslims?”, Democracy Now, 9/20/16 VIEW

“U.S. Muslims Fear Hate Crimes & Overreaction by Law Enforcement in Wake of Chelsea Bombing”, Democracy Now, 9/20/16 VIEW

“The feds billed him as a threat to American freedom. Now they're paying him to help”, The Washington Post, 2/5/16 VIEW

“NYPD's Muslim surveillance violated regulations as recently as 2015: report”, The Guardian, 8/24/16 VIEW

“First They Came for the Muslim Americans”, The Washington Spectator, 8/16/16 VIEW

“France's Real State of Emergency”, The New York Times, 8/4/16 VIEW

“Legal Rights: Muslims on the 'No-Fly' List”, Radio Islam, 8/5/16 VIEW

“American Mosques Are Actually a Great Deterrent Against Violent Extremism”, Huffington Post, 6/21/16 VIEW

“I help innocent people get off terrorism watchlists”, The Washington Post, 6/28/16 VIEW

“Gun control based on terror watchlists is a threat to civil rights, advocates say”, The Guardian, 6/22/16 VIEW

“Spies in the Skies”, BuzzFeed, 4/6/16 VIEW

“American, Muslim, and under constant watch: the emotional toll of surveillance”, The Guardian, 3/27/16 VIEW

“For law enforcement, there is no single profile of a self-radicalized jihadist”, The Lost Angeles Times, 3/22/16 VIEW

“Terrorist Watchlist Errors Spread to Criminal Rap Sheets”, The Intercept, 3/15/16 VIEW

“Activists Call on IG to investigate US Embassy in Yemen”, Russia Today, 1/29/16 VIEW

“Groups seek probe of U.S. passport confiscations in Yemen”, Politico, 1/27/16 VIEW

“Harrowing Treatment of Yemeni-Americans Demands Government Probe, Groups Say”, The Intercept, 1/26/16 VIEW

“Rights Groups Seek Inquiry of Revoked Passports at U.S. Embassy in Yemen”, The New York Times, 1/27/16 VIEW

“NYPD Undercover "Converted" to Islam to Spy on Brooklyn College Students”, Gothamist, 10/29/15 VIEW

“Cutting back on spying”, Russia Today, 1/14/16 VIEW

“Will NYPD Finally Stop Illegally Spying on Muslim Americans?”, The Dean Obeidallah Show VIEW

“Raza Settlement with NYPD”, WBAI, 1/7/16 VIEW

“Muslims Hopeful but Cautious About NYPD Surveillance Agreement”, Public News Service, 1/11/16 VIEW

“Lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims settled, officials say”, Newsday, 1/8/16 VIEW

“NYPD settles lawsuit over surveillance of Muslims and agrees to reforms”, The Guardian, 1/7/16 VIEW

“NYPD: Intelligence-gathering not limited by legal deal”, Associated Press, 1/8/16 VIEW

“Muslims in Queens Welcome Shift in Scrutiny to Police”, The New York Times, 1/7/16 VIEW

“The NYPD spied on Muslim Americans. Will a court settlement change anything?”, The Guardian, 1/8/16 VIEW

“A New York City Settlement on Surveillance of Muslims”, The New Yorker, 1/7/16 VIEW

“I'm a Muslim not a terrorist, so why did the NYPD spy on me for years?”, The Washington Post, 2/4/16 VIEW

“NYPD Settles Lawsuit Over Muslim Monitoring”, The Washington Post, 1/7/16 VIEW

“Four Ways the U.S. is Already Banning Muslims”, The Washington Post, 12/17/15 VIEW

“New York to Appoint Civilian to Monitor Police's Counterterrorism Activity”, The New York Times, 1/7/16 VIEW

“Q&A: (T)error Talkback”, Nitehawk Cinema, 7/21/15 VIEW

“Yemeni-Americans, Thrust Into Limbo, Say U.S. Embassy Unfairly Revokes Passports”, The New York Times, 5/27/15 VIEW

“Do High-Profile Terrorism Arrests Actually Help the Islamic State?”, Vice, 5/27/15 VIEW

“Accusations of Terrorism Worry Brooklyn's Uzbek Community”, The New York Times, 5/10/15 VIEW

“Three Questions You Should Ask When You Hear About a 'Foiled Terrorist Plot’”, Vice, 3/10/15 VIEW

“Does FBI use no-fly list to pressure Muslims to become informants?”, Al Jazeera America, 6/11/15 VIEW

“US Government Notifies American Muslims of Removal from No Fly List”, Shadow Proof, 6/10/15 VIEW

“Lawsuit: FBI used No Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers”, Gawker, 4/23/14 VIEW

“The FBI Allegedly Used the No-Fly List to Coerce Muslims to Be Informants”, The Atlantic, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Lawsuit Alleges FBI Uses No Fly List to Coerce Muslims Into Becoming Spies”, Gothamist, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Lawsuit Accuses FBI of Using No-Fly List to Get American Muslims to Become Informants”, The Huffington Post, 4/22/14 VIEW

“Does the FBI Use Stasi-Style Tactics Against Muslims?”, The Atlantic, 4/24/14 VIEW

“FBI Accused of Violating Muslims' First Amendment Rights”, Voice of America, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Lawsuit: FBI used no-fly list to 'punish' Muslims who refused to be informants”, Fox News, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Lawsuit alleges FBI misused no-fly list to recruit would-be Muslim informants”, PBS, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Muslim Americans Who Claim FBI Used No-Fly List to Coerce Them Into Becoming Informants File Lawsuit”, Democracy Now, 4/24/14 VIEW

“4 Muslim Men to Sue Feds Over No-Fly List”, NPR - Morning Edition, 4/23/14 VIEW

“No-fly list used by FBI to coerce Muslims into informing, lawsuit claims”, The Guardian, 4/22/14 VIEW

“Report: FBI Coerces US Muslims to Spy”, WNYC - The Takeaway, 4/23/14 VIEW

“FBI put Muslims on no-fly list to coerce them to become informants: lawsuit”, New York Daily News, 4/23/14 VIEW

“Lawsuit alleges FBI is using no-fly list to force Muslims to become informants”, The Washington Post, 4/22/14 VIEW

“Where's the Outrage When the FBI Targets Muslims?”, The Nation, 10/31/13 VIEW

“Muslims to Release Report on Impact of NYPD Surveillance in NYC Area”, The Epoch Times, 3/11/13 VIEW

“Civil rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Muslim Spying”, USA Today, 6/18/13 VIEW

“Muslim New Yorkers and Civil Rights Group File Suit to Stop NYPD Spying”, Colorlines, 6/18/13 VIEW

“Civil liberties groups file lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims”, The Guardian, 6/18/13 VIEW

“Today's FBI: Spying, Entrapment and Detention”, AlterNet, 8/11/12 VIEW

“Ep. 471: The Convert”, This American Life, 8/10/12 VIEW

“Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims”, The Nation, 6/14/12 VIEW

“The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program”, The Nation, 6/14/12 VIEW

“Muslims at Rally: NYPD Surveillance Keeps Us Safe”, Associated Press, 3/5/12 VIEW

“MSA "Know Your Rights" Forum Held in Light of NYPD Surveillance”, The Observer, 2/22/12 VIEW

“NYPD spied on Muslims all over Northeast US”, Russia Today, 2/20/12 VIEW

“Muslims Lay Out Their Demands for the NYPD”, RightSide News, 8/31/11 VIEW

“The militarisation of 'war on terror' in the US”, Al Jazeera, 11/22/11 VIEW

“Giving up liberty in the pursuit of security”, Al Jazeera, 8/25/11 VIEW

“Muslims in Brooklyn: A Community on the Edge”, The Brooklyn Ink, 1/2/12 VIEW

“Are Muslims Allowed Rights?”, Al Jazeera, 11/28/11 VIEW

“NYC Muslim Leaders Encourage Residents to Know Their Rights”, Colorlines, 11/5/11 VIEW

“NYPD Surveillance Angers Muslims”, Huffington Post, 11/8/11 VIEW

“September 11th and the Future We've Built”, Samar, 9/11/11 VIEW

“Muslim coalition calls for investigation of alleged NYPD surveillance”, CNN, 8/24/11 VIEW