Panel Discussion: The Southern Border First Hand
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Closed
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Event Time:
6:30 pm
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Social - Private
In the middle of 2014, President Barack Obama warned of an "actual humanitarian crisis" on the US southern border prompted by a surge of migrants from Central America, particularly, the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. For the past five years lawyers, legal assistants, and Spanish-English interpreters have volunteered weeks of time and all of their expertise to address the needs of these migrants in an orderly and compassionate way. If you are interested in learning what is happening on the US southern border from leading Bostonian immigration lawyers who have witnessed it, and worked the problem, come to this discussion on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, from 6:30 to 7:30. Our panelists are:
Susan Church: Susan hit the headlines again last month because she spent a day in jail for contempt of court for her defense of the free speech rights of protesters. But she is perhaps best known in the immigration bar for successfully suing President Trump for his travel ban. Susan has won awards and honors from the Political Asylum & Immigration Project (PAIR), the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for her pro bono work. Last summer, Susan closed her office and took her associates and staff to the US southern border for a week to work with "Al Otro Lado" in Mexico.
Leslie DiTran: For three decades Leslie DiTrani has been as dedicated to her immigrant clients as she is to the immigration bar, her colleagues. She serves on Northeastern University School of Law Alumni/ai Association Board of Directors and on the American Immigration Council Board of Directors. She has chaired the annual American Immigration Law Conference in New England for fifteen years, and made immigration law principles, practice and policies accessible to all. Last year, Leslie traveled to the immigration family detention center in Dilley, Texas to volunteer her services.
Alexandra Peredo: Alexandra Peredo is the Managing Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Attorney for Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) at its Boston Office. A 2006 graduate of Suffolk University Law School, Alex has been practicing US immigration law since 2009. Previously, Alex was a staff attorney for Massachusetts Advocates for Children, representing parents of children with special education needs. In her current role with KIND, Alex trains travels around the USA to train attorneys for pro bono work with migrant children and their families. Alex has often traveled to the US southern border to interview migrant children and families.
Susan Church: Susan hit the headlines again last month because she spent a day in jail for contempt of court for her defense of the free speech rights of protesters. But she is perhaps best known in the immigration bar for successfully suing President Trump for his travel ban. Susan has won awards and honors from the Political Asylum & Immigration Project (PAIR), the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for her pro bono work. Last summer, Susan closed her office and took her associates and staff to the US southern border for a week to work with "Al Otro Lado" in Mexico.
Leslie DiTran: For three decades Leslie DiTrani has been as dedicated to her immigrant clients as she is to the immigration bar, her colleagues. She serves on Northeastern University School of Law Alumni/ai Association Board of Directors and on the American Immigration Council Board of Directors. She has chaired the annual American Immigration Law Conference in New England for fifteen years, and made immigration law principles, practice and policies accessible to all. Last year, Leslie traveled to the immigration family detention center in Dilley, Texas to volunteer her services.
Alexandra Peredo: Alexandra Peredo is the Managing Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Attorney for Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) at its Boston Office. A 2006 graduate of Suffolk University Law School, Alex has been practicing US immigration law since 2009. Previously, Alex was a staff attorney for Massachusetts Advocates for Children, representing parents of children with special education needs. In her current role with KIND, Alex trains travels around the USA to train attorneys for pro bono work with migrant children and their families. Alex has often traveled to the US southern border to interview migrant children and families.
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