UH Immigration Law Professor Geoffrey Hoffman, ACLU of Texas Experts To Provide Policy And Legislative Analysis

FOR NEWS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
Contact:  Dotty Griffith, Public Education Director, ACLU Foundation of Texas
(713) 942-8146 x 103 or (832) 291-4776; [email protected]

HOUSTON — Following the close of arguments Wednesday, April 25, when the U.S. Supreme Court reviews Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, reporters, producers and editors are invited to hear immediate analysis by University of Houston Law Center professor Geoffrey A. Hoffman and to participate in Q&A.

The 12:30 p.m. briefing will also include remarks by ACLU of Texas Executive Director Terri Burke as well as Advocacy and Policy Counsel Krystal Gomez.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Where: 1500 McGowen (at La Branch) Suite 250, Houston 77004

RSVP: (713) 942-8146 x 103 or [email protected]

Who:  Geoffrey A. Hoffman, Clinical Associate Professor and Faculty Supervisor of the UH Immigration Clinic. Hoffman specializes in immigration-related federal court litigation and deportation defense before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), asylum cases, adjustments, and appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

Terri Burke, Executive Director ACLU of Texas

Krystal Gomez, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Brownsville office






The briefing will be available live online at www.livestream.com/aclutx.
To watch, listen, and chat live:

  • Use a computer with internet access and working speakers to visit www.livestream.com/aclutx.

  • The live video feed will appear.

  • Use the chat window to the right of the video window to ask questions online.


To participate by conference call, dial-in #: 712-432-0600Participant access code: 925254#PIN code (for recording): 356326#