What Do League of Women Voters San Diego members want their Immigration and Deportation interest gro
Mary Niez | Published on 10/28/2026
What do you, as a local League member, want the Immigration and Deportation interest group to be and how are you willing to participate is the question that members of the group will brainstorm at its upcoming meeting, 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12th on zoom.
During the last half hour of the October 8th Immigration and Deportation (I&D) interest group meeting we discussed and agreed to a proposal to use all of the November 12th meeting to brainstorm what League members and those who attend the meeting want the group to be.
The goal for the Nov. 12th meeting is to discuss what League members and others want the committee to be and how it could function. So, even if you’ve not been attending, if you have ideas of what could be, we invite you to join us on zoom November 12th or email me beforehand if you are unable to attend the meeting (maryn@lwvsandiego.org). The vision I shared with the group, as newly-appointed co-chair, is to craft the I&D group and its meetings to be less co-chair driven and more committee driven. (Don’t worry, we plan to have a speaker again at the meeting following in January and at least at every other meeting, again, depending on feedback from members.)
Ideas to discuss, initially, could be: should we consider creating subcommittees, which could report to the full committee every other month instead of having a speaker or perhaps for a set time each meeting that has a speaker. Potential subcommittees, depending on interest may be: Subcommittee on State and local legislation and implementation of it; Subcommittee on federal legislation; Philanthropy / other advocacy. Members of these subcommittees could discuss what they and fellow members can do individually and how/when we push for local, state and national League to take positions on issues.
Toward the end of Nov. 12th meeting, based on the discussion of the I&D group’s direction and the results of the midterm elections, we will discuss the potential program and speakers for a Saturday in person event in late February or early March .