Bring your lunch and join us to hear from and abouat those caught in the middle of the detention and deportation system that is the shame of our country. Learn what you as an individual and as a Jew can do about it.

Speakers:

Reyna Wences - Leader of the Immigrant Youth Justice League
Rabbi Maralee Gordon - Activist for the rights and care of immigration detainees
Peggy Slater - JCUA Immigrant Rights Activist (will discuss legislative update and call to action)

The Chicago Bar Association and Human Rights Watch invite you to a Symposium on Human Trafficking and the Trial of Enemy Combatants.

Panel discussions at the Chicago Bar Association followed by lunch and a keynote address by Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.

Published: December 20, 2009

When Mississippi inmates sued their prison, charging that they had been sodomized by a staff member, the claim was thrown out. Under a harsh federal law, inmates must show that they suffered a “physical injury” to prevail in a suit challenging cruel prison conditions. A federal district court ruled in 2006 that the alleged sexual assault did not constitute physical injury.

Nebraska Appleseed:

Sara Avendano is a hard-working mother of six children, all of whom

are US citizens. Even though Sara attends church every Sunday with her

family and has contributed to her community, she is now being forced

to leave the country by December 4th of this year. Here on a

Fall 2009: Asylum Seekers Need Protection, Not Detention

In this solo show, Giselle Stern Hernandez's marriage is laid out on the front lines of the North American immigration debate. Giselle's husband Roberto was deported from chicago, Illinois back to Mexico in April of 2001. Giselle moved to Mexico to live with him in august of that same year.  While she was born and raised in the States, and they were legally married, it made no difference.  Her husband was deported, with the order to stay out of the U.S. for twenty years.