IMMIGRATION WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT AND RAIDS
NEW BEDFORD, MA THE FACTS AND THE AFTERMATH
Sponsored with:
American Immigration Law Foundation
Massachusetts Immigrants & Refugee Advocacy Coalition
American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 02:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Registration Information
Who Should Attend Anyone interested in immigration raids with a focus on immigrant workers. Attend and Learn
Attend this community and legal forum to learn about and discuss the impacts of immigration raids on immigrant workers and local communities (knowledge of immigration law not assumed).
Faculty
Bethany S. Mandell, Esq., Program Chair
Mintz Levin Cohen Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA Elizabeth Badger, Esq.
Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation Project Molly Baldwin, Executive Director
ROCA Mary Holper, Esq.
Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project Harvey Kaplan, Esq.
Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, Boston, MA Nancy Kelly, Esq.
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, MA Eva Millona, Policy Director
Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Boston, MA Howard Silverman, Esq.
Ross Silverman & Levy LLP, Boston, MA Ondine Galvez Sniffin, Esq.
Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Fall River, MA John Willshire-Carrera, Esq.
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, MA
Agenda
I. Trends in Worksite Enforcement
Overview of national raids in immigration legislation and report on trends in national and local immigration raids.
II. Real Life Accounts-The New Bedford Raid
Discussion of real life accounts of the immigration raid in New Bedford, MA
III. Aftermath of the Raids-Legal Challenges and Community Responses
Discussion of what legal challenges have been brought on behalf of immigrant workers in Federal Court and what claims individuals workers have pursued in Immigration Court. Discussion of lessons learned, how communities are responding to and preparing for such raids, and what collaborations are being built for the future.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
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Voluntary tuition is $10.00 (voluntary tuition towards materials/program cost and includes $5.00 donation to AILF a non-profit directed towards raising awareness and education of immigrant issues).
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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