NEWS & COMMENTARY
Lawful status, authorized stay, and unlawful presence are often confused, but each can affect an immigration case differently. MLFA created this one-pager...
Muslims became Texas Republicans’ political piñata. Greg Abbott helped take the first swing.
Oct 8, 2026
Press
10/8/26 Reposted from yahoo.com JOSEPHINE - Tract homes are replacing the hay and sorghum fields around this century-old railroad town, bringing new...
9/21/26 Reposted from truthout.org For 25 years, the US ran a parallel legal system targeting Muslims. It now reaches activists, immigrants, and...
Green card holders have important rights when traveling within the U.S., but certain situations can still create added risk. MLFA created this...
Domestic travel can carry serious risks for undocumented immigrants, from airport screening to encounters with immigration officials on buses, trains, or the...
Visa holders should know that domestic travel can raise immigration risks, especially if your I-94 has expired, or there are questions about...
The War on Terror has reshaped the U.S. prison system by increasing the incarceration of Muslims and altering how Muslim prisoners are...
In his Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Mahmood Mamdani traces the development of--as well as the falsity of--the Western categorizations of Muslims as radical/moderate,...
Through vectors such as NSPM-7 and its 2026 National Counterterrorism Strategy, the second Trump administration has unambiguously signaled its intentions to use counterterrorism authorities to target domestic...
Salah Sarsour’s Legal Team Says DHS Has Not Met Its Burden to Prove He Is Deportable
Sep 17, 2026
Press
The government failed to meet its burden of proof that Sarsour is deportable Monday, September 14, 2026 — Chicago, Illinois — Today,...
8/18/26 Reposted from nytimes.com This summer, a federal judge sentenced a group of eight anti-ICE activists to a collective 450 years in...
2026 Mariam Darsot Women In Policy & Law Scholarship Judicial Intern! Nasma Wali-Ali
Jul 27, 2026
Blog
We're excited to introduce the ISF scholar you are supporting this year for the MLFA Mariam Darsot Women in Policy & Law...
We're excited to introduce you to the scholar you are supporting this year! See below for a brief profile highlighting their background,...
7/20/26 Reposted from usatoday.com In a brazen assault on the First Amendment, I believe I was detained by the Trump administration for...
Muslim College Instructor’s First Amendment Retaliation / Title VII Claim Can Go Forward
Jul 14, 2026
Press
7/13/26 Reposted from reason.com From Judge Donald Middlebrooks (S.D. Fla.) in Ahmed v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. for Indian River State Coll.,...