Marielena Hincapié is the Executive Director of the National Immigration Law Center, the main organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants in the U.S. Combining litigation, policy advocacy, communications, and alliance-building, the NILC under Hincapié’s leadership has emerged as one of the preeminent progressive voices on immigration in American politics.

Sponsors: ACLU Hawai’i, College of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environment Department of Sociology, Hawai’i Community Foundation, Scholars Strategy Network, UH Foundation, William S. Richardson School of Law

0:00 - Introduction (David Lassner, President of the University of Hawai'i)
6:08 - Lieutenant Governor Josh Green
10:06 - Marielena Hincapié
48:16 - Q&A

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