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Immigration Law discussion brings scholars, activists
Saturday, November 3, 2007
A Nov. 13 panel discussion at the Valparaiso University School of Law will explore immigration in America and how it is impacting business and politics in the country.
Three noted immigration law scholars and the Illinois director of the Minuteman Project will discuss “Immigration Law and Policy in 21st Century America” from 5 to 7 p.m. in Wesemann Hall, 656 S. Greenwich St. The panel discussion is free and open to the public.
Panelists will offer their perspectives and answer questions regarding U.S. immigration policy and how it is likely to influence the 2008 election, the influx of Mexican immigrants and their impact on American labor and the economy, and the Mexican-American border wall and its sociopolitical significance.
Speaking at the event are:
Janet Calvo – A professor of law at the City University of New York School of Law and former director of the Center for Immigrant Rights whose scholarship has focused on the rights of undocumented persons;
Guadalupe Luna – A professor of law at Northern Illinois University School of Law who has written extensively on the legal history of Mexican-Americans and their relationship to land in the United States;
Rick Biesada – Illinois state director of the Minuteman Project and a founding member of the national organization, which has advocated for tougher enforcement of immigration laws; and
Bernard Trujillo – A Valparaiso professor of law, he is an expert on immigration law and Mexican migration to the U.S. who serves on the Amicus Curiae Committee for the Hispanic National Bar Association, helping write briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on issues of significance to the nation’s Latino community.
Professor Penelope Andrews, visiting professor of law at Valpariaso University, will serve as panel moderator.
The event has been organized by the Valparaiso University School of Law’s Hispanic Law Student Association and is being co-sponsored by the Multicultural Law Student Association and Black Law Student Association.
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