[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22108]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 11, 2013 /
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois Advisory Committee for
Fact Finding on Immigrant Communities in Illinois
AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Illinois
Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a fact finding meeting on
Monday, September 23, 2013, for the purpose of gathering information
and hearing recommendations regarding the civil rights implications of
the comprehensive immigration reform bill on Illinois' immigrant
communities. The purpose of the meeting will be to hear statements
about whether the bill, if passed, would or could disparately impact
categories of individuals or create unequal opportunities. The meeting
will also address whether the bill remedies existing civil rights
concerns of immigrant communities. The testimony presented at the
meeting will address these research goals.
Members of the public are invited and welcomed to make statements
into the record at the meeting starting at 4:00 p.m. Members of the
public are also entitled to submit written comments; the comments must
be received in the regional office by October 23, 2013. Written
comments may be mailed to the Midwestern Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL
60615. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (312) 353-8311, or
emailed to the Commission at [email protected]. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the Midwestern Regional Office at
(312) 353-8311.
Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the
Midwestern Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the
scheduled date of the meeting.
Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced
at the Midwestern Regional Office, as they become available, both
before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available
via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, Illinois
Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this
Committee are directed to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Midwestern Regional Office at the
above email or street address.
Agenda
The meeting will consist of panels of presenters offering testimony
about the topic. Scheduled presenters include Chicago immigration
attorney Mike Jarecki, Lisa Palumbo of the Legal Assistance Foundation,
DePaul College of Law Professor R. Linus Chan, Chicago lawyer Tejas
Shah, representatives from the National Immigrant Justice Center and
Advancing Justice-Chicago, and other experts representing various
viewpoints and positions on the topic.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 23, 2013, at 11:00
a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DePaul University's North
Caf[eacute] Room, 1 E. Jackson Blvd., 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
David Mussatt,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2013-22108 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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