The Arab American Civil Rights League and a San Francisco lawyer filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defense on behalf of Palestinian Americans who are stuck in war-torn Gaza.
An 81-year-old grandmother who’s lived on the Peninsula for most of her life went to visit her son in her homeland of Gaza earlier this year, but now she’s stuck there, even though she’s an American citizen. He is representing two families who each have an elderly grandmother who traveled to Gaza to visit family but are now trapped in the region.
Even though there was an evacuation of some Palestinian-Americans, Shamieh said, "Today’s news is a step, but it is a step too small, and a step too late. We are demanding that the Biden administration and the State Department quickly and safely evacuate all American citizens trapped in the Gaza strip immediately and safely." has been able to coordinate lawyers in 12 states across the country to represent Palestinian-American citizens pro bono.
Shamieh added, "What I do know is that they are treating American citizens differently based on their ethnic origin. And that’s something we’re going to hold them accountable for under these lawsuits."
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