Clerk yes. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available during Public Comment by calling 4156550001 and entering meeting i. D. , 1463515423, then pound twice. You will be entered into the meeting but in listening mode only. When your item comes up, press star, three to be entered into the queue. You may email myself, the budget and Appropriations Committee clerk, linda. Wong sf. Gov. If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and will be included as part of the official file. Finally, Public Comment interpretations in chinese, spanish, and filipino will be guaranteed from 10 00 a. M. To 1
Chair fewer good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the august 24, 2020 meeting of the budget and Appropriations Committee. I am chair fewer sandra lee fewer. Our clerk is miss linda won, assisted today by several other staff from the Clerks Office. I would like to thank corwin cooley from sfgovtv for airing this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available during Public Comment by calling 4156550001 and entering meeting i. D. , 1463515423, then pound twice. You will be entered into the meeting but in listening mode only. When your item
Robust discussion among our three expert panelists and a very strong question and answer period. So ill start, just basically with a few remarks. My name is anna gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network and we are an Affiliate Organization with over 370 members in 49 states across the United States. I always like to say were sort of the sleeping giant. We are a quiet organization. Folks might not know our name as quickly as they know the aclu or other organizations. However, we do a lot of the groundwork. The support and represent lower income immigrants across the United States. We do, we help build their programs. We train them. We do advocacy. We also have a religious Immigration Services division represents and helps bring sisters, brothers, priests, clergy to work in immigrant communities. And in the last year, we added our litigation. We up, increase our litigation quite a bit and have been involved as organizational plaintiffs or have been directly
And to see so many legal professionals advocates, students in the audience. And we are looking forward to a robust discussion among our three expert panelists and a very strong question and answer period. So ill start, just basically with a few remarks. My name is anna gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network and we are an Affiliate Organization with over 370 members in 49 states across the United States. I always like to say were sort of the sleeping giant. We are a quiet organization. Folks might not know our name as quickly as they know the aclu or other organizations. However, we do a lot of the groundwork. The support and represent lower income immigrants across the United States. We do, we help build their programs. We train them. We do advocacy. We also have a religious Immigration Services division represents and helps bring sisters, brothers, priests, clergy to work in immigrant communities. And in the last year, we added our litigation. We up, i
San Francisco Chronicle reports, there are few times that the dhs secretary speaks in public unless he takes question from anyone besides lawyers and occasionally the press. Many in the crowd seemed very frustrated that this chance was canceled. Heres a look. Good morning. Good morning. This time im interrupting you for real. Good morning everybody. Good morning. Welcome to those of you in the room welcome those of you joiningus on cspan as well, im president of the migration policy institute. Along with our conference partners Catholic Legal Immigration Network incorporated click the georgetown law, we are very delighted to welcome you to the 16th annual duration law and policy conference. Youll get a welcoming a moment from executive director gallagher i wanted to join with clinic and first of all take thanking the Georgetown Law Center for hosting us once again for this meeting and particularly to the dean william trainer. To andy schultz was here on stage and all the georgetown sta