Both students and experts will bring one of America’s most heated issues to the forefront Monday night in a discussion on the current immigration debate.

The Northwestern University branch of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), a non-partisan student organization that seeks to educate about timely international issues, will host the debate, called “Entering the United States: The Immigration Controversy.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. in Fisk 217 and is meant to inform students about both sides of the issue.

NU’s international awareness group Globe and Filipino culture organization Kaibigan are co-sponsoring the event.

Elizabeth Graber, a Weinberg junior and incoming co-president of AID, said the debate is especially important right now because the House of Representatives toughened immigration laws in December and because of the recent rally police said drew about 400,000 attendees in Chicago.