so great to have you all here. as you know we are an independent bookstore and wine bar and events like this are our favorite thing to do so we re excited you could all comeout . if you are not here for the event the aware thatit s going on . tonight we have the honor of having cesar fernandez who has written migrating to prison, america s obsession with locking up immigrants. he is a professor of law at the university of denver and an immigration lawyer who runs immigration.com and speaks on immigration law and policy issues, he hasappeared in the new york times, wall street journal, npr, guardian and other venues . please give a big welcome to cesar. [applause] good evening. great to be here with all of you. it s really nice when i find out that i m not the only one who thinks that spending a saturday night in a bookstore is the best option available. especially here. i actually wrote a decent chunk of migrating in prison over at the bar just behind some of you so i recom