2nd panel on advocating for immigrant rights: "This is community organizing 101, how groups can shift the landscape here and across the world – we need to look at ... other countries’ experiences in fighting back." @ElleFersan @USC_ILJ Sanctuary Cities #immigrationpolicy#ILJ2019
While it is legal to physically prevent immigrants from reaching the place where they can claim asylum, "stopping them before the border breaks the spirit of the law." - Lulú Ortiz #ILJ2019
“In practice, sanctuary cities don’t do much to protect people with criminal convictions, nor is there much they can do in any case.” - Dr. Jean Reisz @jereisz
Any presentation with a Phineas & Ferb reference is a great one. Enjoying all the speakers at the @USC_ILJ symposium on #sancutarycities today, but @kit_johnson gets a special shout out.
Next up? @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @kit_johnson on the myths we hear about sanctuary cities - “It could be held unconstitutional to detain or hold somebody just for deportation purposes.” #ILJ2019
Dr. Emily Shrider of @UWMadison discusses immigration and sanctuary city policies in the Rust Belt, but rest assured her arguments are fresh and not rusty at all! #ILJ2019
@PeterMancina on sanctuary cities (hey, that's the name of our symposium!) and complaints against San Francisco police offers violating city sanctuary policy - "As soon as this process doesn't work, it has a chilling effect on submitting any more complaints." #ILJ2019
"What we do in this moment is going to be remembered. We are in the midst of an existential crisis in America about what kind of nation we want to be." @Prof_MPastor of @CSII_USC speaks at the @USC_ILJ Sanctuary Cities symposium #immigrationpolicy#ILJ2019