About DACA, Licenses & the Wall
With Indigenous Americans now accounting for only two percent of
the total population, the U.S. is truly a nation of immigrants. Since 1886, the
iconic Statue of Liberty has stood as a symbol of mass immigration to our
shores. A plaque at Lady Liberty’s base bears the following: “With silent lips.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
Under the current U.S. administration, immigrants of Latin, Asian
and African descent are being met with unprecedented legal action against their
tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Join local Latin, Asian
and African activists for a panel focusing on how DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals), licenses and the wall are obstacles to their assimilation
as Americans.
Panel
moderated by:
Chanpone
Sinlapasai-Okamura; Chair, OR Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Panel:
Linda
Castillo; Chair, OR Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Djimet
Dogo; Assistant Director, IRCO Africa House
Luis
Garcia; Portland nurse, former ICE detainee
Representative
from CAUSA, Oregon’s Immigrant Rights Org.