Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. and

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

are pleased to announce the first lecture in our

Immigration Speaker Series

Immigration in America:

Opportunity for Reform

Presented by

Loan Huynh & Sam Myers

Friday, April 21, 2006, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

at

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

U.S. Bank Plaza

200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN

As the debate over immigration reform heats up, we are presented with the opportunity to create positive changes in our immigration system. A variety of proposed legislation seeks to satisfy the need for national security by enhancing immigration enforcement but does not promote long-term solutions that balance the diverse needs of our nation and the immigrants living within its borders. This lecture will offer an overview of current state and national legislative proposals and a human rights-based framework for understanding this complex issue.

Sam Myers is a cofounder of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based law firm of Myers Thompson P.A., a firm with a national business immigration law practice.  He is a permanent board member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for which he served as President, from 1991-1992. In 2004, Myers was recognized as an Honorary Fellow of the American Immigration Law Foundation for his “lifelong service and dedication to advancing the administration of justice and respect for human rights in the field of immigration and nationality law.”  

Loan Huyhn is an Officer in Fredrikson & Byron’s Immigration group where she practices exclusively in immigration and nationality law. Since 2005 she has served as chair of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, MN/Dakotas Chapter.  Huyhn has extensive experience litigating immigration cases and also working with schools and employers to use immigration to overcome work shortages. In 2002, Huyhn was recognized by The Business Journal as one of the top “Forty Under Forty”. 

This immigration speaker series will be held on April 21, May 19 and June 16, 2006.  Lectures are free and open to the public with advance registration.  Lunch will be provided for those who pre-register.   One Standard CLE will be requested. For more information, please contact Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.  You may find directions to Fredrikson & Byron at: www.fredlaw.com/contact.htm

Please R.S.V.P. to Aaron Van Alstine at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights by noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2006.  Phone: (612) 341-3302, ext. 127, avanalstine@mnadvocates.org.

Since 1993, Minnesota Advocates’ Building Immigrant Awareness and Support (B.I.A.S.) Project has been providing education on immigrant issues to combat anti-immigrant sentiment.