Latinos & Immigration in America

A Discussion About Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law & Upcoming Legal Challenges

Featured Guest Speaker:
Thomas A. Saenz
MALDEF President and General Counsel

Panelists:
Jorge Barón, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Luis Fraga, University of Washington
Pramila Jayapal, OneAmerica
Shankar Narayan, ACLU
Rebecca Smith, National Employment Law Project

Moderator:
Dan Ford, Latina/o Bar Association of Washington

Wednesday, June 2, 20107:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Kindly RSVP to Fé Lopez at fe.f.lopez@lbaw.org

The need for national immigration reform has never been greater. On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070 which requires law enforcement to question people about their immigration status during everyday police encounters and criminalizes immigrants for failing to carry their "papers."

MALDEF President Thomas Saenz will speak on MALDEF's legal challenge to the newest anti-immigrant law out of Arizona and on the pressing need for federal immigration reform.  Following Saenz’s remarks, a panel of speakers will join Saenz to discuss these issues as well as the recent incident involving the beating of a young Latino man and the use of a racial slur by a Seattle police officer.

Sponsored by:
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Title Sponsor
Latina/o Bar Association of Washington

Co-Hosted by:
CASA Latina
Columbia Legal Services
El Centro De La Raza
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
OneAmerica
Seattle University School of Law
University of Washington School of Law