On April 23, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law requiring law enforcement to question people about their immigration status during everyday police encounters and criminalizing immigrants for failing to carry their "papers." The ACLU, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)and a coalition of civil rights groups have filed a legal challenge to this racial profiling law.
Join the ACLU-WA at a discussion of the measure and legal challenges, featuring MALDEF President Thomas Saenz. Following Saenz’s remarks, a panel of speakers including ACLU-WA legislative director Shankar Narayan will discuss these issues as well as the recent beating of a young Latino man and the use of a racial slur by a Seattle police officer.