BVI To Host Speaker on Immigration

GILBERTSVILLE—Jeannine Webster, a member of the Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition, will present at the Thursday, September 18 meeting of Butternut Valley Indivisible.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 166 Marion Avenue, Gilbertsville.

Webster has been asked to address issues such as from where and why immigrants come across the southern border of the United States, what measures can be taken to ensure that due process is adhered to for immigrants apprehended by ICE, and what authorities are cooperating with ICE.

Webster has worked with asylum seekers, volunteered with a pro bono legal project in a family detention center in Texas, and helped local people who have been detained by ICE.

The meeting is free and open to the public.