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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22108]

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 11, 2013 / 
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois Advisory Committee for 
Fact Finding on Immigrant Communities in Illinois

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Illinois 
Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a fact finding meeting on 
Monday, September 23, 2013, for the purpose of gathering information 
and hearing recommendations regarding the civil rights implications of 
the comprehensive immigration reform bill on Illinois' immigrant 
communities. The purpose of the meeting will be to hear statements 
about whether the bill, if passed, would or could disparately impact 
categories of individuals or create unequal opportunities. The meeting 
will also address whether the bill remedies existing civil rights 
concerns of immigrant communities. The testimony presented at the 
meeting will address these research goals.
    Members of the public are invited and welcomed to make statements 
into the record at the meeting starting at 4:00 p.m. Members of the 
public are also entitled to submit written comments; the comments must 
be received in the regional office by October 23, 2013. Written 
comments may be mailed to the Midwestern Regional Office, U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 
60615. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (312) 353-8311, or 
emailed to the Commission at callen@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 
additional information may contact the Midwestern Regional Office at 
(312) 353-8311.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the 
Midwestern Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the 
scheduled date of the meeting.
    Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Midwestern Regional Office, as they become available, both 
before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available 
via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, Illinois 
Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this 
Committee are directed to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Midwestern Regional Office at the 
above email or street address.

Agenda

    The meeting will consist of panels of presenters offering testimony 
about the topic. Scheduled presenters include Chicago immigration 
attorney Mike Jarecki, Lisa Palumbo of the Legal Assistance Foundation, 
DePaul College of Law Professor R. Linus Chan, Chicago lawyer Tejas 
Shah, representatives from the National Immigrant Justice Center and 
Advancing Justice-Chicago, and other experts representing various 
viewpoints and positions on the topic.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 23, 2013, at 11:00 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DePaul University's North 
Caf[eacute] Room, 1 E. Jackson Blvd., 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604.

    Dated: September 6, 2013.
David Mussatt,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2013-22108 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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