'This is an unintelligent dragnet,' Mohamed Khairullah said at a news conference
Muslim New Jersey mayor denied entry to White House calls for Biden end to ‘discriminatory’ practicesSen. Cory Booker said he was “profoundly disappointed” that the mayor was barred from entering the event. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP PhotoSOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.
Khairullah — who said he faced racial profiling in the past — said that the scenario was due to his name allegedly being on a federal government “watch list.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey chapter provided reporters with leaked records they said proved Khairullah was on such a list, which they described as arbitrary and discriminatory.
When reached for comment by POLITICO Tuesday, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that Khairullah was denied entry to the White House event, where President Joe Biden gave remarks, but was “not able to comment further on the specific protective means and methods used to conduct our security operations at the White House.”
Khairullah said that he has not heard from the White House, Secret Service or any other federal officials since being disinvited from the event, but wants to use his platform to raise awareness for security practices that he said unfairly targets Muslim Americans.At an unrelated event Tuesday morning, Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he spoke with Khairullah the evening before.
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