Undocumented Immigrants: Rights and Realities (SE)

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Overview

We will discuss common immigration issues, concentrating on undocumented individuals and their rights as well as documentation requirements. By gaining a basic understanding of immigration laws and the issues that can cause problems for your students, you will have a better understanding of how to discuss these issues with them and how to guide them to get the right kind of help.

Details

When

May 14, 2008 from 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

Where

• Quincy Community Action Program
• 1509 Hancock Street
• Quincy, MA 02163

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Registration Deadline

May 09, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Work Force Development

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811, ext 2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ2 - Student learning gains
IPQ3 - Student support services
IPQ4 - Program linkages

Learning objectives

• Explore the rights of immigrants on the street, in the home and in cars
• Review the latest trends in immigration enforcement by federal and local authorities
• Explore the constitutional rights of undocumented immigrants in the United States

Presenters

Anjali Waikar -- ACLU

Presenters Bio

Anjali Waikar is an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts. In 2006, Ms. Waikar was selected as one of fifty recipients of a national, two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship. Through her fellowship, Ms. Waikar’s project addresses the effect and patterns of racial profiling used by local and federal law enforcement, including the extent to which state and local officials play a role in enforcing federal immigration laws. Her project combines human rights documentation, field organizing, policy and litigation as tools to help secure the civil rights and liberties of Massachusetts residents. Ms. Waikar joined the ACLU in 2005 after graduating law school, focusing on the disproportionate impact that certain policies and practices in the juvenile justice system have on youth of color. Prior to law school, Ms. Waikar served as a legal advocate for low-income, HIV-positive individuals at South Brooklyn Legal Services. She also worked with a community development organization in Guatemala to set up HIV testing for indigenous communities located in the eastern rainforest of the country. During law school, Ms. Waikar interned with the ACLU of Northern California, a federal court judge, a small criminal defense firm in Boston and the US Attorney’s office. Ms. Waikar is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no