Arizona's passage of sweeping anti-immigrant legislation has far-reaching implications for immigrant communities--and raised the stakes for comprehensive immigration reform. State and local police in Arizona are now required to check the immigration status of anyone suspected of lacking legal papers--and arrest those who cannot provide proper documentation.

What's the potential impact of this legislation on immigrants in Arizona; what other states may follow suit; and how does it all figure into the national debate? 

GCYF, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, and the Four Freedoms Fund hosted a webinar to learn who is behind these efforts and what local and state immigrant rights organizations are doing in response. Participants also discussed how their mobilizing, organizing and advocacy are crucial to shaping the local, state and national immigration debate, and hear the latest developments on the national push for comprehensive immigration reform.

Speakers:

• Taryn Higashi, Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy (moderator)

• Jennifer Allen, Executive Director, Border Action Network

• Representative Melvin Neufeld, 115 District, Kansas, Vice President of the National Conference of State Legislatures and Member of the Task Force on Immigration and the States (invited)

• Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, 37th District, Washington State, Executive Committee Member of the National Conference of State Legislatures and Co-chair of the NCSL Task Force on Immigration and the States

• Angela Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Center for American Progress

 

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