Was Live Friday, Jan 26, 2024
Guest Speakers:
- Angela Kelley, Chief Advisor, Policy and Partnerships for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC)
- Vanessa Cardenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, a Washington DC based non-profit advocating for immigrant rights
- Lupita Martinez, CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
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Event Overview
The United States is facing an uptick and change in the border flows of people seeking a better life, and instead of addressing it with comprehensive and long-term solutions, there’s yet another series of proposals meant to “harden” policies and “close” the borders. The Republican party has taken an even more extreme than usual anti-immigrant stance, as its presidential standard bearer Donald Trump insists that immigrants “poison the blood” of the country. Democrats are worried about the electoral impact of the issue.
Our panelists will delve into the current proposals, the political consequences of another anti-immigrant cycle, the local response to the arrival of high numbers of asylum seekers, and some of the long-term problems with the very politicized immigration system.
