The mayor said he has no idea why his name is on the list and that no one in the federal government will tell him.
Mayor Khairullah is now calling for the administration to end the federal "watch list" he said illegally targets Muslims and others.During a news conference held Tuesday in South Plainfield by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , Mayor Khairullah and several other speakers condemned the list as illegal, discriminatory and unconstitutional.
At the Eid-Al-Fitr event Monday, President Biden said "we are determined to combat all forms of hate including Islamophobia which is important to me. It's a priority for my administration." Khairullah noted he has been detained a few times and questioned while traveling, saying "this has inconvenienced, harassed and humiliated me and my family."
"Two decades after 9/11, we continue to see the harm of the watch lists. We continue to see how it causes difficulties for American Muslims and Americans at large, infringing on their civil rights," Maksut said. Gov. Phil Murphy said the incident appears to be a misunderstanding. His team is helping the mayor look into what happened, saying "this guy's an outstanding mayor and he's a very close personal friend of mine."
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