Loyola to host immigration detention workshop Oct. 13-14

    Loyola University New Orleans’ Jesuit Social Research Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice in the College of Law will host a conference, “Imprisoned, Forgotten and Deported: Immigration Detention, Advocacy and the Faith Community,” Oct. 13-14 to examine the realities of immigration detention in the southern United States.
    The conference will be held at the College of Law, 526 Pine St., room 308. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required by Oct. 10.
    Award-winning NPR investigative reporter Laura Sullivan and Iliff School of Theology social ethics professor Miguel De La Torre will serve as keynote speakers for the conference. In 2010, Sullivan’s story about the economics behind Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law shed light on how private prison companies were pushing for the passage of the bill by financially supporting the campaigns of certain members of the Arizona Legislature.
    Topics will include: the Reality of Immigration Detention: Economics and Politics; Race, Illegality and the Prison Industrial Complex; Framing Detention Theologically; Faith Community Responses to Detention; Advocacy Strategies; and Changing the Conversation in the Public Square.
    For more information, contact 864-7746.