"Immigration: Opportunities and Challenges"

Peninsula Chapter of the World Affairs Council, Leagues of Women Voters of Palo Alto and Los Altos/Mountain View, Avenidas and Mesa de la Comunidad

Saturday, March 31, 2007
9:00 am Sign In and Refreshments
9:15 am to 12:15 pm Program

Hewlett Packard Headquarters
3000 Hanover Street
Bldg 20 Auditorium
Palo Alto, CA

"Immigration: Opportunities and Challenges"

Richard Hobbs, Director of the Office of Human Relations for Santa Clara County

Steve Levy, Director and Senior Economist of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE)

Alex M. Saragoza, Associate Professor of Chicano Studies in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California at Berkeley

Jayashri Srikantiah, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at the Stanford University Law School

Larisa Casillas, Director of the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC)

Immigration is intensely debated in America even though it is an essential contribution to our population growth and is needed for innovation and work force contributions. However, many immigrants enter the country illegally and regional entities express anxieties over their inability to deal with the impact on their societies, economies and services. Uniform and comprehensive laws that account for security, humanitarian concerns, that are enforceable, and that account for existing conditions are needed. This half-day conference will address the impact on social and economic trends, foreign relations, legal issues and legislative status, and the perspective of the immigrant community.

For information: (650) 327-9148 or World Affairs Council (415) 293-4600