Mohamed Khairullah, a Borough Council member in Prospect Park, N.J., who was appointed mayor, pauses during an interview in Paterson, N.J., July 30, 2004. The New Jersey mayor who was blocked from attending a White House celebration this week with President Joe Biden to belatedly mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan called Tuesday, May 1, 2023, for the administration to end the federal “watch list” that he said illegally targets Muslims and others. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)