Neighborhood and Victims Rights Amendment Act of 2009
April 19, 2010
Testimony of M. Aurora Vásquez, Senior Attorney, Advancement Project
Hearing before the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary Council of the District of Columbia
Neighborhood and Victims Rights Amendment Act of 2009
[Bill 18-595]
April 19, 2010
Chairperson Mendelson and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Aurora Vásquez and I submit this testimony in my capacity as a Senior Attorney with Advancement Project, a policy, communications, and legal action group committed to racial justice. Through partnerships with organized communities, we support communities of color in their struggles to achieve universal opportunity and a just democracy. I testify today in strong support of our partners, the Latino Federation of Greater Washington and DC Jobs with Justice who, along with Advancement Project, urges the DC City Counsel to reject a well-intentioned yet legally flawed and precarious provision of Bill18-595 or “The Neighborhood and Victims Rights Amendment Act.” We believe Section 102 of this bill is constitutionally unsound and, if enacted, ironically would create new victims in seeking to protect the rights of other victims.
Attached files
- Testimony_DC_Council_April_19'_10_FINAL.pdf (46.02KB PDF)
Filed under Testimony, Immigrant Justice, District of Columbia
