Immigration 101

Name: Immigration 101
Start: 2025-12-04T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-04T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay Shore

: December 4, 7 pm – 9 pm.

: Free

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. Too often, the national debate on immigration gets tangled in emotion and misinformation. What does it actually mean to be an asylum seeker? Is overstaying a visa a crime? What’s the difference between Temporary Protected Status and Humanitarian Parole? How many Green Cards does the U.S. issue each year — and through which categories?

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝟏” — a lively, good-humored evening of myth-busting and meaning-making. We’ll start with a 𝐟𝐮𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐐&𝐀 to test what we really know about immigration law and policy — from refugees to green card holders to birthright citizenship. Then, we’ll move into a 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, exploring how these definitions shape our personal values, political beliefs, and hopes for America’s future.

Whether you lean Red, Blue, or somewhere in between, this event invites curiosity before judgment — and understanding before persuasion. Come ready to learn, listen, and connect across differences — one definition at a time.