Constitution Conversation (with New York County Lawyers)

Immigration. Free Speech. National Security. Where are the lines? Join two lawyers for a constitutional conversation on Immigration.

Constitution Conversations, a non-partisan program developed under the auspices of the New York County Lawyers Association, will be a two-hour session facilitated by two lawyers who will lead a discussion of the procedural rights non-citizens have under the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause when the federal government seeks to deport them.

Seats limited. Register at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constitution-conversation-registration-1998928763742?aff=oddtdtcreator

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The session will also cover whether and how the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and assembly, limits steps the government can take against lawful resident non-citizens because of views they have expressed on particular issues. This will not be a lecture. Rather, it will be an opportunity for participants to ask and discuss the hard questions that these issues and the litigation over them have raised, such as:

• What rights do persons illegally in the country who are accused of being part of a terrorist organization have to challenge the government’s decision to deport them under a 1798 law, the Alien Enemies Act?
• What is the balance between efficient immigration enforcement and constitutional due process?
• Can lawful non-citizen residents engaging in speech and protest activities permitted to citizens under the First Amendment be deported because the government claims their speech jeopardizes US foreign policy interests?