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AR SR17
Resolution
Status
2/21/2019
Primary Sponsor
Jason Rapert
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AI Summary
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The Senate encourages law enforcement agencies to suspend all contact and outreach with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has suspended formal contacts with CAIR due to evidence of a relationship between CAIR and Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
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CAIR was identified as an associate of the Muslim Brotherhood and named an unindicted co-conspirator in United States v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the largest terrorism-financing prosecution in U.S. history.
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Multiple current and former CAIR employees and associates have been convicted of terrorism-related offenses, including Randall Todd Royer (20 years), Ghassan Elashi (65 years), Sami Al-Arian (57 months), and Abdurahman Alamoudi (23 years).
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The United Arab Emirates officially designated CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014.
Legislative Description
To Encourage Law Enforcement To Suspend Contact And Outreach With The Council On American-islamic Relations.
Last Action
Sine Die adjournment
4/25/2019