Keeping Communities Safe? A Debate On S-Comm as Enforcement Policy : Sus...

The Vera Institute of Justice and New York Law School present a panel discussion:

“Keeping Communities Safe? The Case For and Against Secure Communities as Immigration Enforcement Policy”

Secure Communities is a federal program that seeks to realize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement priorities by identifying and removing noncitizens who have been involved in criminal activities. Critics say that the program undermines trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement and has led to the deportation of thousands of people who have no record of committing serious crimes.

Please join Vera and New York Law School for a panel discussion featuring four speakers with differing perspectives on the program’s value and effects.

Speakers

Gary Mead, executive associate director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Peter Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct law professor, Yale Law School

David Soares, district attorney of Albany County, New York

Sunita Patel, staff attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights

Moderator

Susan Shah, program director, Vera’s Center for Immigration and Justice

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