Tag: Discrimination
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Summary of Events In the early morning of January 5, 2020, reports began to emerge that dozens of individuals of Iranian heritage – including U.S. citizens – were being detained upon reent...
4 years ago today, following the Trump-led assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, NIAC called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate its discriminatory targeting and detaining...
In a new letter, the National Iranian-American Council, the leading voice for the Iranian-American community, is demanding that the technology company Slack stop its over-compliance with U.S. san...
We've been hearing from members of our community that Slack accounts have been abruptly closed under the guise of sanctions enforcement. We're looking into getting answers on these unfair closures...
According to the National Iranian American Council, the amendment would eliminate per-country limits for employment-based permanent residency and produce serious strains for individuals from sm...
In response to messages received from its members, NIAC sent a letter today to edX, an online educational platform expressing concern regarding its decision to terminate or reject the participatio...
A letter is circulating among minority communities, seeking to explain why the Black Lives Matter movement is important to many first- and second-generation immigrants, many of whom are not Blac...
NIAC Action opposes the Visa Integrity and Security Act (“VISA Act”) as currently drafted and urges Members of Congress to oppose the current form of the legislation....
The Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act (H.R. 158) prohibits citizens of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program from visiting the United States under the pr...
35 of our nation’s leading tech entrepreneurs – including founders and leaders of companies like Twitter, Dropbox, Pinterest and PayPal – have warned that recently-passed changes to the Visa Wai...
New restrictions barring certain dual nationals from visiting the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program "feel like discrimination," said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), speaking at a Congressional hearing on ...
New restrictions barring certain dual nationals from visiting the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program "feel like discrimination," said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), speaking at a Congressional hearin...