Christ Church Coronado will host a free public forum on federal immigration policy and its effects on the San Diego region.

Immigration attorney Ginger Jacobs, CEO and managing partner of the firm Jacobs and Schlesinger, will serve as guest speaker, according to the Coronado Eagle & Journal. The church described the event as a chance to explore current federal immigration actions and understand how they affect people in the San Diego area.

Jacobs earned her law degree with cum laude honors from Harvard Law School in 1998, according to her firm biography. She shifted from commercial litigation to immigration law after winning a pro bono recognition award from Covington & Burling in 2001 for representing a detained asylum seeker. She co-founded her San Diego firm in 2004.

The firm biography describes Jacobs as a frequent speaker on immigration relief for asylum seekers, refugees, victims of violent crime and survivors of domestic violence. She has represented asylum seekers from the former Soviet Union, sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and the Middle East.

The forum follows recent reporting on immigration enforcement activity across the San Diego region. KPBS reported in October that community activist Arturo Gonzalez, who monitors U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in San Diego, described what he called "the biggest surge I have ever seen since I started doing this work." CalMatters reported the same month that the San Diego Community College District said ICE agents arrested a student on a public street cutting through one campus.

The church encouraged attendees to bring questions.

Christ Church is also in a period of transition. The Rev. Mike Stone was called as the church's new rector, according to the Coronado Eagle & Journal. Stone previously served as associate rector and chaplain of Christ Church Day School before spending 12 years as rector of St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Houston. He is set to begin Jan. 1, 2027.

If you go: The immigration forum is Sunday, Nov. 15, at 9 a.m. in Hinde Hall at Christ Church Coronado. The event is free and open to the public.