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DESCRIPTION:Hot Topic Roundtable & Book Signing with Prof. Bill Ong Hing\n\nImmigration 
 is one of the most controversial topics in the upcoming presidential 
 elections.  Where is the national debate headed, and why?  Are immigrants a 
 problem, or a solution?\n\n6-7 PM Food & Socializing   7 PM Keynote, 
 Response Panel, Q & A, and Book Signing\n\nBill Ong Hing is a Professor of 
 Law and Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco, and Professor 
 of Law and Asian American Studies Emeritus, at U.C. Davis. He founded the 
 Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco 1979 and helps to direct 
 the USF Immigration & Deportation Defense Clinic. Professor Hing teaches 
 Immigration Law & Policy, Introduction to Migration Studies, and Rebellious 
 Lawyering. Throughout his career, Professor Hing has pursued social justice 
 by combining community work, litigation, and scholarship.  His most recent 
 book is Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust 
 System (2023).    He was co-counsel in the U.S. Supreme Court asylum 
 precedent-setting case INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1987) and also represented 
 the State Bar of California before the California Supreme Court in In re 
 Sergio Garcia (2014) involving bar membership for undocumented law 
 graduates.  \n\n“Incisive and compelling, reflecting the painful wisdom 
 and knowledge that Bill Ong Hing has accrued over the course of fifty years 
 representing noncitizens ensnared by our profoundly cruel and unjust 
 immigration system.”\n—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim 
 Crow\n\nInternational dishes, delicacies & desserts brought to You by the 
 Co-Sponsors:\n\n►Alma Premium Care LLC ►Ambedkar King Study Circle 
 (AKSC) ► Asian Law Alliance ►Community Agency for Resources, Advocacy 
 and Services (CARAS) ►Community Solutions ► Human Agenda ► Mountain 
 View Day Labor Center ► Pilipino Association of Workers and Immigrants 
 (PAWIS)  ► Sacred Heart Community Service ►  San Jose Peace and Justice 
 Center  ►Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) 
 ►Silicon Valley Immigration Committee (SVIC) ►VietUnity \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/08/18867162.php
SUMMARY:Round Table: Immigrants in the Crosshairs
LOCATION:Roosevelt Community Center\n901 East Santa Clara Street\nSan José, CA 
 95116\n(Access parking lot from North 21st Street)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/08/18867162.php
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