Muslims are framed as terrorists in cases only about immigration violations

Evidence

A 2011 report appropriately titled Under the Radar: Muslims Deported, Detained, and Denied on Unsubstantiated Terrorism Allegations, released by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University Law School, documented the ways in which the law has been used to “cast Muslims as dangerous threats to national security.” The report argued that “religious, cultural, and political affiliations and lawful activities of Muslims are being construed as dangerous terrorism-related factors to justify detention, deportation, and denial of immigration benefits.” Muslims have been presented as terrorists in cases that were actually about immigration violations. Charges brought against Muslim immigrants “are almost always ordinary immigration violations,” the report states, yet the government has routinely insinuated connections to terrorism without providing any proof of these allegations. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 562

Categorization

• XREF: Hard evidentiary corroboration of the Aziz ‘policing belief’ thesis and Razack’s ‘race thinking’ — lawful activities criminalized via security framing. — connects to: Ordinary immigration violations were repeatedly framed as terrorism with no proof — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 562; Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 580; Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies #corroborates (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 580
• Ordinary immigration violations are routinely relabeled as terrorism charges #expands (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 455
• Muslim immigrants are detained for minor immigration violations that normally escape detention #exemplifies (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 564
• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #complicates (0.72) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282