UFCW Hearing on ICE Misconduct

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union’s National Commission on ICE Misconduct & Violations of the 4th Amendment will hold its first hearing tomorrow, Feb. 25, in Washington, DC, Hay Adams Hotel, 800 – 16th Street, NW. The members of the commission include Joe Hansen, President, UFCW, Dennis Hayashi, Esq., Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles, Maria Elena Durazao, LA County Federation of Labor, Bill Hing, Professor of Law, UC Davis, Susan Gzesh, Human Rights Progrom, Univ. of Chicago, Oscar Chacon, Salvadoran American National Network, Tom Vilsack, Former Gov. of Iowa, Mary Bauer, Southern Poverty Law Center, William Spriggs, Dept. of Economics, HOward Univ.

12:30-3:00    PUBLIC SESSION—COMMISSION HEARING

Opening Statement:   UFCW President Joe Hansen
Commissioner Introductions & Statements
An Overview of ICE Enforcement Nationwide
Arnoldo Garcia, Director, Immigrant Justice & Rights Program,
National Network of Immigrant Rights

Legal Briefing on ICE Enforcement:  Constitutional Framework, Detainee Rights, and Obligations of Enforcement Officials
        Jeanne Butterfield, Esq, Executive Director, American Immigration
         Lawyers Association

An Analysis of ICE Enforcement
        Monica Guizar, Esq.
        National Immigration  Law Center

Protecting Workers’ Rights:  The UFCW’s Response
        Peter Schey, Esq.
        Swift workers: 
            Pasqual Talamantes, Grand Island, NE
            Sonia Mendoza, Cactus, TX

Concluding Remarks
        UFCW President  Joe Hansen

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