St. Thomas Law's Human Rights Institute Receives Invitation to Regional White House Convening

The White House Task Force on New Americans invited Christine Reis, Director of the St. Thomas Law Human Rights Institute, to join the White House Regional Convening on New Americans. This special, invitation-only event took place on Friday, February 26.

This regional convening brought together federal, state, and local agencies, service providers, the private sector, and local community leaders to highlight current multi-sector partnerships on immigrant integration and discuss promising practices to strengthen the regional infrastructure in supporting existing and emerging immigrant communities.

Meeting of the Minds: Invitees discuss immigration policies

Panelists included USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez, White House Associate Director of Public Engagement, Ginette Magana; and Fatima M. Noor, Policy Assistant for Immigration Policy and Rural Affairs, Domestic Policy Council at The White House.

The St. Thomas Law Human Rights Institute's invitation to this meeting serves as further evidence of the impact that we are having on domestic and international immigration and human rights policy.

The Human Rights Institute at St. Thomas Law offers direct services to low income persons in many different areas, including: administrative, family, general civil, housing, and immigration law. Immigration has been a major concern to people in the South Florida area for many years; therefore, from its founding, the Institute has focused on immigration-related matters.

It develops and maintains professional relationships with other service providers in the community, especially other legal services providers representing various groups.

For more information on the St. Thomas Law Human Rights Institute and its missions please visit http://www.stu.edu/law/human-rights/human-rights-institute.