Invitation to our February event about immigration
We are very excited to host our February event about IMMIGRATION issues together with ACLU’s People Power Lansdale. It is a current and controversial topic and we want to bring some light to different aspects of immigration and improve the community and police dialogue in our area.
When: February 8, 2018, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. plus a social hour
Where: Peter-Becker-Community, Maplewood Estates Main Building,
815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA
41 million immigrants live in the United States and immigration has long supported the growth and dynamism of our economy. Immigrants and refugees are entrepreneurs, job creators, taxpayers, and consumers. But despite the positive impacts of immigrants on the United States’ economy and society, the tenor of the new administration threatens to move the United States to a more restrictive policy environment.
• What is current immigration policy?
• What is the current status of DACA children?
• Can local police act as immigration officers enforcing federal immigration policy?
• What are the rights of immigrants and refugees and are they covered by due process protections?
• Why is it important that you know about it?
Confirmed speakers and topics:
- Golnaz Fakhimi, Immigrants’ Rights Attorney ACLU PA – Panel Moderator
- Montgomery County Police Chiefs – local department accreditation, community policing and federal immigration policy
- Chief Medwid Lower Salford Police
- Chief Kozeniewski Franconia Township Police
- Chief Floy Telford Police
- Philippe Weisz Managing Attorney HIAS – Current immigration & refugee policy
- Jacob Bender, Executive Director Council on Arab Islamic Relations (CAIR) – the impact of current policy on American Muslim communities
- Anne Montgomery, Adoptee Rights Campaign – how current law endangers internationally adopted children
Indivisible HOPE 