Rashida Tlaib: “We need to be--and this is a pandemic--that FEMA should be doing a lot more direct contact with these communities.”

Their silence is complacent and normalizes fearmongering and racism. We know that targeting any community doesn’t allow any of us to be safe.

More leaders, including local elected officials, must speak out, especially against the local instigators participating in the spread of hatred under the guise of faith.

To all our Dearborn families and residents: I have your back. I wish I could take away this pain, but know that you are not alone.

Dearborn is a beautifully diverse place, home to a vibrant, loving Muslim community, and our families do not deserve to be subjected to such hate and bigotry.