Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2010-10-27

Duration: 00:57:33

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | Immigration | Illegal Aliens | Employment

Contributors:

• Courtney, Beth Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Godoy, Al Producer
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Brewer, Jan Speaker
• Obama, Barack Speaker
• Harrison, Joe Interviewee
• Gasparian, Kathleen Interviewee
• Singer, Audrey Interviewee
• Liuzza, Elizabeth Interviewee
• Diaz, Lucas Interviewee
• Newton-Verhaagen, Regina Speaker
• Williams, Kevin Speaker
• Tran, Dennis Speaker
• Heitz, Joseph Speaker
• Abraham, Julie Speaker
• Anton, Harley Speaker
• Douglas, Adell Speaker
• Kling, Al Speaker
• Caldero, Carlos Speaker
• Carter, Gloria Speaker
• Burks, Laura Speaker
• Coats, Becky Speaker
• Shapiro, Alfred Speaker
• McCall, James Speaker
• Gerard, Allie Speaker
• Como, Byron Speaker
• Toscano, Mauricio Speaker
• Gasparian, Kathleen Panelist
• Riser, Neil Panelist
• Weishar, Susan Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana Public Square” from October 27, 2010, features Shauna Sanford leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on immigration reform. A background report on the topic precedes the discussion. It includes interviews with: State Representative Joe Harrison; Kathleen Gasparian, immigration attorney; Audrey Singer of the Brookings Institution; Elizabeth Liuzza of Liuzza Produce Farms in Independence, Louisiana; and Lucas Diaz, the executive director of Puentes New Orleans. The audience members then discuss Arizona’s controversial immigration law, illegal immigration and racial profiling. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Kathleen Gasparian, immigration attorney; State Senator Neil Riser, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations; and Dr. Susan Weisher, a migration specialist with the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University in New Orleans. They discuss: illegal immigration in Louisiana; the need for comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level; border security; the e-verify system for employment; the penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers; and immigration law and crime. Hosts: Beth Courtney and Shauna Sanford