Immigration Community Conference: April 6, 2008

what: Examining the Impacts of Local Policy Responses to Undocumented Immigration

when: 12:30 to 6:00 pm, Sunday - April 6, 2008

where: Global Education Center, Chapel Hill

free and open to the public - free parking available

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The Institute for the Study of the Americas, The Center for Global Initiatives, and the Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education (CHICLE), present the Community Conference: Examining the Impacts of Local Policy Responses to Undocumented Immigration. The community conference will kick-off a four part series of Sunday afternoon discussions in April entitled: "Immigration: Asking the Hard Questions."

Participants from UNC Chapel Hill, the UNC School of Law Immigration / Human Rights Policy Clinic, Elon University, the NC American Civil Liberties Union, and the NC Justice Center will examine the following questions: in the wake of failed federal immigration reform, how are law enforcement agencies, state, and local policy makers in North Carolina responded to undocumented immigration?  How is deportation being used as a solution to undocumented immigration in North Carolina counties, and what is its impact in communities in Alamance and Mecklenburg County?

The Community Conference will feature a film screening of Al Otro Lado, a 2005 documentary about immigration and drug trafficking through the lens of Mexico's 200-year-old tradition of corrido music.  Sponsors of the event include El Centro Latino, El Pueblo, CITCA, CALDO, the Institute for Southern Studies, and the NC Council of Churches.

For more information see the UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas and CHICLE.  The event program is available here.

The Weiss Fellows will be providing volunteer support for staffing this conference as will as assisting with conference planning and logistics.