Class Action Claims Discriminatory Citizenship Delay For Muslim Men

Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune reported that ten Muslim men have filed a class action in federal court in Illinois alleging that the U.S. Attorney General, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have illegally delayed their being sworn in as U.S. citizens, even though they have met all the citizenship requirements. The suit alleges that they should have been sworn in within 120 days of qualifying, but instead they and other Muslim males have been waiting for a year or more. The inability to become a citizen prevents an individual from voting and from holding certain government jobs.