Attorneys And Law Professor To Address The Issues In Panel Discussion At Capitol For Legislators And Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Luis Figueroa, MALDEF, 210-383-9058, [email protected]; Adriana Cadena, RITA, 915-253-2262, [email protected]; Dotty Griffith, ACLU of Texas, 512-478-7300x106, [email protected]
AUSTIN – Experts will discuss the legal effects in Texas if legislative proposals requiring state and local enforcement of federal immigration laws pass during the current legislative session.
MALDEF Litigation Director Nina Perales; Kathleen Campbell Walker, AILA, immigration attorney with the law firm of Kemp Smith in Austin; and St. Mary’s University School of Law Professor Lee Teron will participate in the panel discussion.
This event is sponsored by TRUST* (Trust Residents United for a Stronger Texas) and is tailored to legislators and support staff as they deliberate the legal implications that state-based immigration policy would have in Texas.
- When: Wednesday, March 23; 10 to 11:30 a.m.
- Where: State Capitol, Room E2.036
- RSVP: Victor Cornell, 512-478-7300x100
*TRUST Members: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas; American Immigration Lawyers Association of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico; Anti-Defamation League, Southwest and North Texas Regions; Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP); Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas; La Fe Policy Research and Education; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF); Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together (MATT); Mothers Against Discriminatory Racism in Education and Society (MADRES); San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce; San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Service Employees International Union of Texas (SEIU); Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP); Texas AFL-CIO; Texas Apartment Association (TAA); Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE); Texas Association of Businesses (TAB); Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE); Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC); Texas Impact; Texas League of United Latin American Citizens (TX LULAC); University Leadership Initiative; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association
