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In response to Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law and the effort by some Pennsylvania legislators to pass a similar discriminatory measure, the American Civil Liberties Union of PA (ACLU-PA) and allied groups hosted a community forum on May 17, 2010, to examine the potential impact of the Arizona law on civil liberties and racial profiling, discuss strategies to oppose the copycat bill in Pennsylvania, and examine the similarities between the Arizona law and the Hazelton, PA anti-immigrant ordinance currently awaiting a Third Circuit Court decision.
The forum was moderated by ACLU-PA Legal Director Vic Walczak.
Listen to the full recording, featuring discussion and analysis from the following experts and advocates:
- David Harris, University of Pittsburgh Law Professor, ACLU of PA's Pittsburgh Chapter board member and nationally recognized racial profiling expert
- Christina Powers, Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) board member and former staff attorney with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona
- Jackie Martinez, immigration attorney and member of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) Racial Profiling Task Force
- Sister Janice Vanderneck, Sisters of St. Joseph and member of the PATH to Justice Committee of the Religious Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
- Safdar Khwaja, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Pittsburgh Chapter
This event was co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN), the American Friends Service Committee PA Program (AFSC-PA), the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Pittsburgh Chapter (CAIR-PA).
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