***MEDIA ADVISORY***
TUESDAY, June 27
10am CT / 11am ET
DIAL IN: 888-632-3381; PASSCODE: Texas SB4
San Antonio – On a press call on Tuesday, June 27 at 11 am EST, immigrant advocates and legal experts will analyze Monday’s upcoming court hearing on Texas’ “show me your papers” law, SB 4 in San Antonio’s John H. Wood Jr. United States Courthouse.
Speakers will discuss the status of the lawsuit filed to enjoin SB 4, a discriminatory law signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in May that will target people of color in the state.
WHO:
- Greg Casar, Austin City Councilman
- Jose P. Garza, Executive Director, Worker’s Defense Project
- Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director, ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project
- Nina Perales, Vice-President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
- Efrén C. Olivares, Racial and Economic Justice Director, Texas Civil Rights Project
- Michelle Tremillo, Executive Director, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund
- Mario Carrillo, State Director, America’s Voice: Texas (Moderator)
WHEN: Tuesday, June 27 at 10am CT / 11am ET
DIAL IN: 888-632-3381; PASSCODE: Texas SB4
