An Examination of the Constitutionality of Current US Immigration Policy
Rebecca Eichler will discuss the constitutionality of current U.S. immigration policy. By looking at it from a global historical perspective, we will see what it may mean for the future.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemöller
1946
Rebecca N. Eichler has over 20 years of experience as an immigration attorney working with clients from around the world seeking protection under U.S. and international law. She currently lives and works in Mexico as a human rights advocate. She is a Board member of the Latin American Relief Fund and on the Legal Committee of Caminamos Juntos. Through her work with deportees from the U.S. and migrants at the U.S. border, she has gained a unique perspective on the systemic human rights abuses perpetrated by the Trump administration and its violations of U.S. immigration law and international asylum obligations. Now she updates the picture in the Biden Administration and reports from her recent visit to Mexico’s southern border.