# Edward Ahmed Mitchell joins Tavis Smiley

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Podcast: [Tavis Smiley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tavis-smiley-5000046)
Published: 2026-07-08T19:25:31+00:00
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## Resource

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), discusses why he says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services are "baselessly" targeting CAIR's partnership with the state of California in providing legal services to recently arrived Afghans. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

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