Description

Immigration policies and enforcement change week to week, and even day to day. Join attorney Bella Bjornstad as she provides an overview of current immigration policies, how immigration and enforcement/detention impact New Mexican communities, and what advocates are doing to create a more welcoming state.

Bella Bjornstad is a staff attorney at the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center on the asylum and detention team, where she works with immigrants held in ICE custody in New Mexico. Bjornstad is an Immigrant Justice Corps fellow and a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law.