Ask the Expert with Rachel Ray: Immigration 101
Date: October 22, 2019
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Course Description:
Immigration policies and administrative decisions affecting immigrants are happening at an almost breakneck speed. Because so many service providers have immigrant clients, individuals in many sectors can benefit from even a surface understanding of these policies and decisions.
This webinar will focus on an overview of the following changes:
• Overview of the REAL ID Act
• June 4 passage of the Dream & Promise Act by the U.S. House of Representatives
• June 18 announcement regarding “immigration raids”
• November 12 hearing on DACA before the Supreme Court
• Expanded Expedited Removal
• Public charge updates
Participants will be able to ask specific questions before and during this interactive session.
Presenter:
Rachel Rayis a Managing Attorney at the University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center (“UC Center”). At the UC Center, Rachel handles an immigration caseload and oversees immigration legal services provision to students and their family members at UCSF, UC Davis, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz. Her immigration legal experience includes removal defense, family and humanitarian based immigration, and business immigration work at private firms.
If you have any questions or comments please contact Kelly Flugum at (707) 992-0834 or email Kelly.flugum@cirinc.org.
Produced by the Center for Innovation and Resources, Inc. (CIR) with funding from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), Victim Services Branch with funding made possible through the United States Department of Justice, Victims of Crime Act, 2015-VA-GX-0058.
