EVENTS: 090223/Immigration Talk by UNC Professor Altha Cravey

EVENTS: 090223/Immigration Talk by UNC Professor Altha Cravey

Immigration Talk by UNC Professor Altha Cravey
A Town was torn apart: How Punitive should the US Immigration Policy be?
Monday February 23, 8 - 9 pm
Marketplace Upper East Side, Duke University

In May 2008, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted its
biggest raid in Postville, Iowa. Approximately 400 out of 2000 people in the
town were arrested while many others fled. The town was torn apart.

Professor Altha Cravey of UNC's Geography department will lead a discussion
on the current US Immigration policy following a video presentation on
Postville. She is both professionally and personally involved in immigration
issues in North Carolina and in Mexico.

For those who are deeply interested in this issue, there is also this long
article written by a federally certified interpreter who worked for the courts
as they "processed" those arrested in May, 2008. It is both shocking and sad.
Now that we have a new administration in the White House, it is a good time to
start reflecting on policies that we have always taken for granted.