Interim Southwest Region Director Gail Glasser and leaders of ADL’s International Affairs Committee met July 15 with Alicia Kerber-Palma, the new Consul General of Mexico posted to Houston.  Mme. Kerber-Palma, whose most recent posts included Philadelphia and Kansas City, was very familiar with ADL and the work we do.  International Affairs Committee Chair Ian Scharman, International Affairs Committee Member Judith

On July 9, attorneys and interested community leaders gathered across the region to view the livestream presentation of ADL’s 2019 Supreme Court Review.  ADL Southwest thanks Mark Trachtenberg and Haynes and Boone, Vinson  & Elkins, Blank Rome, Nathan Sommers Jacobs for livestreaming the event in the Houston area as well as Jeff Wurzburg and Norton Rose Fulbright in San Antonio. 

As an agency that supports inclusiveness, justice and fair treatment for all, ADL has always supported the United States being a refuge for immigrants and having humane immigration policies. Conditions that many immigrants and refugees find themselves in now are inhumane and cruel.  ADL continues to call for oversight of detention facilities and alternatives to detention, reunification of families, and

ADL’s director of Hispanic Affairs, Monica Bauer spent several days in the Southwest Region recently, working hard during a whirlwind of meetings and appointments to fulfill ADL’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexico and provide information to ADL’s stakeholders on our work with Latin American countries. In San Antonio, Monica provided anti-bullying training for 35 people who attended in person

As a border state with a large and growing immigrant population, Texas is disproportionately affected by federal immigration policies and is ground zero for the national immigration debate.  The Houston region, home to 1.6 million immigrants, is key to understanding the importance of immigrants to local economic growth and community stability. At a conference March 7th, more than one hundred