In light of President Trump’s new executive order to temporarily ban immigrants from six predominantly Muslim countries, Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda hosted an immigration workshop on Sunday, March 5 at St. Helena’s Catholic Church. The event featured panelists Miriam Bell-Blair, District Attorney Darcel Clark’s Immigrant Affairs Unit director; the Bangladesh-American Community Council; Surey Miranda-Alarcon, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs east and south Bronx neighborhood organizer; Oscar Asencio, NYC Commission on Human Rights director; Jackson Chin, Latino Justice PRLDEF senior counsel; David Mullins, New York Legal Assistance Group supervising paralegal and BIA-accredited representative and Anthony Alba, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights attorney.
