Immigration Reform Topic at League of Women Voters Meetings This Week

Judy Stuthman, former president of the League of Women Voters -Minnesota,  will talk about comprehensive immigration reform at the March meetings of the League's Roseville-Maplewood-Falcon Heights (RoMaFH)  chapter.

The Tuesday, March 19 League meeting will be at the Little Venetian Inn, 2900 Rice St., Little Canada.  A social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., the meeting starts at 7 p.m. 

The  Wednesday March 20 meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 910 County Road D, Roseville.

Both meetings are free and open to the public.

Stuthman, a RoMaFH member who chaired the League’s Minnesota study on immigration reform in 2003, will discuss what is comprehensive immigration reform, what it could accomplish, how it works and why the League supports it, according to a new announcement from the local league. 

According to local league member Judy Berglund, Stuthman notes that immigration policy is determined at the federal level, but individual states can enact legislation that affects the immigrants in their communities. Her presentation will focus on:  What legislation has been proposed in the 2013 Minnesota legislative session and what is happening at the federal level. 

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