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Stranded Migrants: A New Challenge for the International Community
Discussion with William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration; Sam Worthington, President & CEO of InterAction; and MPI's Kathleen Newland.  
May 9, 2013
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Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: A New View on Migration and Human Capital for the United States, Mexico, and Central America
A panel discussion on the release of the Regional Migration Study Group's final report, outlining its findings and offering recommendations to policymakers in the region. With Co-Chairs Carlos Gutierrez, former US Secretary of Commerce, and Eduardo Stein, former Vice President and Foreign Minister of Guatemala. Joined by MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou; Doris Meissner, Director of MPI's US Immigration Policy Program; and Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs, Wilson Center.
May 6, 2013 | National Press Club, Washington, DC
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Sharing Lessons, Sharing Responsibility: Combating Human Trafficking
A discussion on Dutch, US, and international experiences in preventing human trafficking, with speakers Herman Bolhaar, Chair of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service; Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, National Rapporteur for Human Trafficking in The Netherlands; Jane Nady Sigmon, Senior Advisor to the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, US Department of State; Jack Blakey, Chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau, Cook County, Illinois State Attorney’s Office; and MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou.
April 25, 2013
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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A Critical Juncture for Migration and Development: Swedish Leadership at a Turning Point for International Cooperation
Discussion with Tobias Billström, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy; Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow for the German Marshall Fund of the United States and former member, U.S. House pf Representatives; Suzanne Sheldon, Director of the Office of Population and International Migration, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, US Department of State; Lynn Shotwell, Executive Director, American Council on International Personnel; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director, Migration and Development Program.
April 22, 2013
House of Sweden, Washington, DC
   
 

The Educational and Labor Market Trajectories of Young Adult Children of Immigrants in Europe and the United States
A book discussion with Maurice Crul, Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam; Jozef De Witte, Director, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism; Michael Fix, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI; and Elizabeth Collett, Director, MPI Europe.
April 9, 2013, Brussels

   
Changing Dynamics: Immigration, Mexico, and the United States
A discussion with H.E. Eduardo Medina Mora, Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States , and MPI’s Demetrios Papademetriou and Doris Meissner, on the changing dynamics of Mexico’s economy, demographics, and large-scale emigration, and their implications for both Mexico and the United States.
April 5, 2013
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Investing Wisely in the Future: How the U.S. Immigration System Can Better Meet U.S. Labor Market Needs
The release of MPI's book   Immigrants in a Changing Labor Market  and discussion with Jason Furman, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Harry Holzer, Georgetown University Professor of Public Policy; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; Madeleine Sumption, MPI Senior Policy Analyst; and Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President. 
March 27, 2013
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The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform
MPI's President, Demetrios Papademetriou, and the Editor-in-Chief of The American Prospect, Kit Rachlis, discuss the policies and politics that have created the United States' immigration system and how to create a modern-day, flexible immigration system suited for 21st century competitiveness.
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Avoiding the Pitfalls on the Road to Reform: Issues that Must Be Addressed to Build an Effective US Immigration System
A discussion on some of the most complex issues that must be addressed for effective reform of the US immigration system, featuring MPI experts Doris Meissner, Michael Fix, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Muzaffar Chishti.  
March 19, 2013  
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Immigration and US Economic Competitiveness: A View from the Midwest
Co-sponsored by MPI, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and ImmigrationWorks USA, this is the release event for the report of The Chicago Council's independent task force on US Economic Competitiveness at Risk: A Midwest Call to Action on Immigration Reform. This summit with the task force co-chairs  introduced attendees to immigration initiatives being undertaken throughout the Midwest to promote the region’s economic competitiveness.
February 28, 2013
National Press Club, Washington, DC
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Critical Immigration, Health, and Education Policies Affecting Young Children of Immigrants  
A conference with leading experts in health, education, and immigration policy discussing public policies affecting the young children of immigrants. Click here for audio and video of the conference panels.
January 17, 2013
   

A Bleak Winter: Providing Needed Aid to Those Fleeing Conflict in Syria
This joint Migration Policy Institute and International Rescue Committee (IRC) event offers insights from a delegation that visited Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey in November 2012. Commenting on findings from an IRC report on the Syrian humanitarian crisis are: George Rupp, President and Chief Executive Officer, IRC; Mort Abramowitz, former US Ambassador to Turkey, and IRC Overseer; and Fadi Al Khankan, Chair of the Humanitarian Aid Committee, Syrian Expatriates Organization. Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI’s Refugee Policy program, moderated the event.
January 14, 2013
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Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery
Release of a major report that describes and analyzes the immigration enforcement system in the United States as it has developed and grown in the quarter century since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986  launched the current era of enforcement.
January 7, 2013
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Young Children of Black Immigrants in America: Changing Flows, Changing Faces
Book release event with US Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy Ajay Chaudry;  Gerald D. Jaynes, Yale University Departments of Economics and African-American Studies; and chapter authors Dylan Patricia Conger, from the George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and Kevin Thomas of Pennsylvania State University ; with volume editors Randy Capps and Michael Fix, both of MPI.
December 14, 2012
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Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration
A discussion on the anti-immigrant political movement in both Europe and the United States and its implications for community cohesion and national identity, with Patrick Simon, Institut national d’études démographiques, Cas Mudde, University of Georgia; Charles Kamasaki, National Council of La Raza; Frank Sharry, America’s Voice; and moderated by MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou.  
October 24, 2012
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9th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The conference features discussion on current immigration policy issues by senior officials from US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, immigration law experts, state officials, and immigration advocates. Topics covered include: analysis of the role of states and the federal government in immigration law; immigration policy and the 2012 campaigns; the implementation of the Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and other legal service provision issues; and US policy on protection for refugees and asylees.
October 1, 2012

   

2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes
The winners of the Migration Policy Institute's 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes, honoring exceptional immigrant integration initiatives in the United States, discussed their work during a plenary luncheon on September 24, 2012 at the National Immigrant Integration Conference held in Baltimore, MD. During a Q&A with MPI’s Michael Fix, leaders with ACCESS (the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services), Building Skills Partnership, Californians Together, and Citi Community Development discussed key aspects of their work. At discussion's end, the winners received their E Pluribus Unum Prizes from Brad Davidson, a trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, which generously funds the prizes program.
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Making It Work: Lessons in Collaboration on Language Access Contracting
A webinar on language access contracting for federal, state, and local officials, agency administrators, and community stakeholders concerned with the oversight and implementation of language access provision. Presenters include Neel Saxena, Grant Manager and Program Coordinator in the Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs within the District of Columbia's Executive Office of the Mayor, and Simone Richardson, Contracting Officer in the District of Columbia’s Office of Contracting and Procurement. The webinar was moderated by MPI Policy Analyst Chhandasi Pandya.  
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 2 pm ET
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MPI-IOM Bangkok Event: Breakfast Briefing on Regulating Private Recruitment in the Asia-Middle East Labour Migration Corridor
Paper launch and discussion with Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM and Policy Analyst, MPI; Supang Chantavanich, Professor, Chulalongkorn University and Director, Asian Research Center for Migration; Jaewon Kim, Manager, Business for Social Responsibility; and Rabab Fatima, Regional Coordinator and Advisor for South Asia, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Panelists discussed the Asian migrant worker experience in the Middle East and offered insights on migration issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region today.  
August 30, 2012
   
The New Deferred Action Program: Strategies for Success
US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas discusses the implementation of the new deferred action program, followed by a panel discussion with National Immigration Law Center Executive Director Marielena Hincapié, DHS Former Principal Deputy General Counsel David A. Martin, and MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Doris Meissner, Former Commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.
August 7, 2012
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Unaccompanied Minors and Their Journey through the US Immigration System
A discussion with Michelle Brané, Director of the Detention and Asylum program, Women's Refugee Commission; Jessica Jones, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Detention and Asylum Program, Women's Refugee Commission; Wendy Young, Executive Director of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND); and Kathleen Newland, Director of the MPI Refugee Policy program.
July 30, 2012
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  US Secretary of State’s   Global Diaspora Forum: Moving Forward by Giving Back
The second annual Global Diaspora Forum, hosted by the State Department and the US Agency for International Development, focused on how new technology can empower and increase diaspora philanthropy, volunteerism, social entrepreneurship, and innovation. MPI is the knowledge partner for the forum and a partner with the State Department and USAID on the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA).
July 25-26, 2012
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MPI/IOM Briefing- Asian Labour Migrants and Humanitarian Crises: Lessons from Libya
A discussion with Brian Kelly, Regional Emergency & Post Crisis Adviser, IOM, and Andrew Bruce, IOM Regional Director
July 17, 2012   |  Bangkok , Thailand
   
MPI/IOM Panel Discussion and Asia-Pacific Launch of Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development
A discussion with Dr. Noppawan Tanpipat, Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, IOM; Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM, and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
July 11, 2012   |  Bangkok , Thailand
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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development
The Washington DC launch event for the MPI/IOM handbook on diaspora engagement with the Honorable William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, and Kathleen Newland, MPI Co-Founder and Director of the Refugee Policy and Migrants, Migration, and Development Programs.
June 26, 2012
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Update on the 2012 Global Forum on Migration and Development
A discussion with the current Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development and Financial Secretary of the Republic of Mauritius Ali Mansoor and MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou on the preparation of the 2012 GFMD summit, including an update on the possible ideas and projects presently contemplated that would fully integrate migration into the development framework, with a special focus on Africa.
June 22, 2012
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MPI Europe - IOM Brussels Event - Engaging Diasporas in Europe for Development
The Brussels MPI Europe-IOM event for the launch of an MPI/IOM handbook on Engaging Diasporas in Development  and panel discussion with Eva Åkerman-Börje, Swedish Ambassador for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD); Luigi Soreca, Head of International Affairs, Directorate-General for Home Affairs, European Commission; Frank Laczko, Head of Research and Publications, International Organization for Migration (IOM); Santo Deng, President,  Board of the Diaspora Forum for Development; Dovelyn Agunias, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)-IOM policy and research analyst; and Kathleen Newland, Co-Founder and Director, Migrants, Migration, and Development Program Director, MPI.  
June 20, 2012
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  The Role of National Governments in Promoting Immigrant Integration: How Can and How Are Different Countries Supporting Integration?
A discussion with Rosario Farmhouse, High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue in Portugal; Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Department of Homeland Security; Jasenko Selimovic, State Secretary to the Minister for Integration in Sweden; Peter Sylvester, Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
May 23, 2012
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How UNHCR Is Facing a World of New Protection Challenges
Volker Türk, UNHCR Director of International Protection, discusses the current global challenges of protecting refugees with Kathleen Newland, MPI Co-Founder and Director of the Refugee Policy and Migrants, Migration, and Development Programs.
May 15, 2012
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Labour Migration from Colombo Process Countries
The launch in Bangkok of an issue brief series on labor migration in Asia undertaken by IOM and MPI with speakers H.E. Phadermchai Sasomsub, Minister of Labo ur, Government of Thailand; H.E. Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, Ambassador, Government of Bangladesh; H.E. Linglingay Lacanlale, Ambassador, Government of the Philippines; Andrew Bruce, Regional Director, IOM; and Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, IOM Regional Research Officer and MPI Policy Analyst.
May 14, 2012
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Federal Update: A Conversation on Language Access with the US Department of Justice 
This MPI webinar features US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials discussing the department’s efforts to improve communications with Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities in federal and federally-funded programs and activities. Laureen Laglagaron, an Attorney-Advisor in the department’s Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the Civil Rights Division, Christine Stoneman, Special Counsel in the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, and Emily McCarthy, Deputy Chief of the Educational Opportunities Section of the Civil Rights Division, provide an update on the progress of language access compliance at the federal level and discuss how the agency is continuing to provide oversight and technical assistance to states and localities as they too attempt to meet their language access responsibilities. This webinar is moderated by Chhandasi Pandya, a policy analyst at MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy.
May 8, 2012
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MPI's 10th Anniversary celebration
MPI held a ceremony and awards program, honoring visionaries in immigration policy in the United States and internationally. The ceremony opened with comments from MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou; featured a discussion between MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner and former Rep. Ron Mazzoli, one of the lead sponsors of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act; and included a keynote address by Open Society Foundations President Aryeh Neier.
April 19, 2012
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Rethinking European Identity in the Age of Immigration
A discussion in Brussels, upon the official launch of Migration Policy Institute Europe, to explore what is driving societal discontent in Europe, the role immigration plays in this, and why there is a growing perception that immigrant integration efforts are failing. Panelists are Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs; Charles Clarke, former UK Home Secretary and Member of MPI’s Transatlantic Council on Migration; Demetrios Papademetriou, President of MPI and MPI Europe; and Patrick Simon, Director of Research for Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques (INED). The event is moderated by Elizabeth Collett, Director, MPI Europe.
February 27, 2012
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Prosecutorial Discretion: A Progress Report on Implementing New Guidelines and Policies
A discussion on the use of prosecutorial discretion and the review by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of all current cases in the removal pipeline and on the docket of immigration courts, with Doris Meissner, MPI Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program; Seth Grossman, Deputy General Counsel, US Department of Homeland Security; Juan P. Osuna, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, US Department of Justice; Jim Stolley, Director, Field Legal Operations, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, ICE; and Crystal L. Williams, Executive Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
February 10, 2012

   

Up for Grabs: The Gains and Prospects of First- and Second-Generation Young Adults
A discussion on the gains that young adult immigrants or the US-born children of immigrants have made in education and employment, with speakers: Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President; Jeanne Batalova, MPI Policy Analyst; Andrew P. Kelly, Research Fellow, Education Policy, American Enterprise Institute; Raul Gonzalez, Director of Legislative Affairs, National Council of La Raza; and Margie McHugh, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy.
December 7, 2011
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Language Access and Schools: Federal Requirements and School Experiences
This webinar from the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy (NCIIP) and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS) program explores federal requirements for providing interpretation and translation in schools and how select school districts in Minnesota and Colorado have managed these requirements. Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, schools are required to provide information to parents in a “language they can understand.” In addition to this requirement, Executive Order 13166 makes clear the responsibility of all federally funded programs to uphold Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by ensuring meaningful access to programs and services for individuals regardless of their English proficiency. School districts across the country have implemented these federal requirements in a variety of ways. Speakers include: Laura Gardner and Lyn Morland from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services; Alejandra Bosch from Saint Paul Public Schools; and Salvador Carrera from Denver Public Schools. Chhandasi Pandya from MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy moderates the call and question and answer period.
October 6, 2011
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LEP Workers & Access to Workforce Services: Perspectives on Current Barriers to Access and Prospects for Improvements Under WIA Reauthorization
This webinar presented by MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines the current Workforce Investment Act (WIA) system, and the extent to which changes to the WIA system take account of important demographic and economic trends and address the needs of immigrant-origin and Limited English Proficient (LEP) workers. On this webinar, experts discuss barriers immigrant and LEP individuals face in accessing the WIA system and how a revitalized WIA could address these barriers. Amanda Bergson-Shilcock from the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians discussed barriers in the WIA system that affect the ability of LEP workers to access meaningful workforce services through the One Stop system; Emma Oppenheim of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) discussed how the WIA system could be redesigned to improve service for LEP and immigrant workers and the extent to which the Senate’s reauthorization proposal addresses their needs; and Dr. Gabriela Lemus, Director of the US Department of Labor’s Office of Public Engagement, discussed Department of Labor efforts to broaden immigrant and LEP workers’ access to workforce services.
September 21, 2011
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Through the Prism of National Security: Major Immigration Policy and Program Changes in the Decade since 9/11
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) held a conference call to discuss the most significant changes that have occurred in the immigration arena in the decade since the September 11, 2001 attacks. MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service during the 1990s, and Muzaffar Chishti, director of MPI’s office at NYU School of Law, provided analysis on the realignment of the U.S. immigration system – ranging from new enforcement programs and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security to changed visa policies and the rise of state and local actors. Both are co-authors of MPI’s new Fact Sheet, Through the Prism of National Security: Major Immigration Policy and Program Changes in the Decade since 9/11, which details the major immigration policy, budget and organizational changes that have occurred as an outgrowth of 9/11.
August 26, 2011
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Proactive Engagement: Two Strategies for Providing Language Access in Workforce Development Services
Part of a series offered by the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, this interactive language access webinar examines how New York and Illinois have proactively engaged Limited English Proficient ( LEP ) communities to obtain workforce services. The s peakers : Julio Rodriguez, Director of Program Services,  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; Haeya Yim, Counsel, Division of Immigrant Policies and Affairs, New York Department of Labor; Kerry Douglas-Duffy, Workforce Development Program Specialist, Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions, New York Department of Labor; and Chhandasi Pandya, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute . They discussed W orkforce Investment Act (W IA ) -funded employment and training services, federal compliance, and the policy and programmatic fixes implemented to meet the workforce needs of their state’s LEP populations.
August 3, 2011
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Running in Circles: Progress and Challenges in Regulating Recruitment of Filipino and Sri Lankan Labor Migrants to Jordan
Report release with MPI Policy Analyst and IOM Regional Research Officer Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias; His Excellency, Dr. Khleif Al Khawaldeh, Secretary General, Ministry of Labor in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Linda Al-Kalash, Human Rights Programs Manager, Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid; His Excellency Julius D. Torres, Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in Amman, Jordan; His Excellency A.W . Mohottala, Ambassador, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Amman, Jordan; and Tauhid Pasha, Program Manager, International Organization for Migration.
July 28, 2011 at The University of Jordan - Amman, Jordan
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Labor Standards Enforcement and Low-Wage Immigrants: Creating an Effective Enforcement System
This Migration Policy Institute webinar discusses labor enforcement laws during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations and chronicles gaps in labor protection. Donald M. Kerwin, MPI Vice President for Programs and author of MPI’s report, Labor Standards Enforcement and Low-Wage Immigrants: Creating an Effective Enforcement System, argues that enforcement of labor laws should become a higher priority, particularly amid high rates of unemployment and underemployment. He also discusses the view that labor standards enforcement should become a pillar of immigration policymaking and sketches the elements necessary for an effective labor standards enforcement system.
July 14, 2011
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Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience
The release event for MPI’s book, Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience, which reviews how the financial and economic crisis of the late 2000s marked a sudden and dramatic interruption in international migration trends, and the effects of the economic turmoil on immigrant workers in major immigrant-receiving countries in Europe as well as the United States. What will be the legacy of the crisis for immigrant workers and their families in coming years? How have the impacts of the recession on immigrant workers themselves, and responses of publics and politicians, differed on both sides of the Atlantic? Speakers are: volume editors Demetrios Papademetriou, Madeleine Sumption, and Aaron Terrazas, of MPI; Chad Stone, Chief Economist, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; and Gallya Lahav, Associate Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
June 13, 2011
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Immigration and Competitiveness: Responding to Global Challenges in the EU and US
Showcasing joint research by MPI and the European University Institute and funded by the European Commission, this event featured discussion on some of the most promising reform proposals on both sides of the Atlantic. Speakers were: Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden; Antonio de Lecea, Principal Advisor for Economic and Financial Affairs, Delegation of the European Union to the United States; Pia Orrenius, Senior Economist, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; and Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI’s President and convener of the Transatlantic Council on Migration.
June 7, 2011
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E Pluribus Unum Prizes Panel Discussions and Awards Ceremony
This awards ceremony, honoring the 2011 recipients of the E Pluribus Unum Prizes -- a national awards program for exceptional immigrant integration initiatives -- featured panel discussions with the awardees and federal officials and remarks by White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz and Assistant Secretary of Education Brenda Dann-Messier.  
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May 18, 2011
   
8th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
This conference featured immigration law and policy analysis by representatives from states and localities such as Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Prince William County (VA) Police Chief Charlie Deane, and a range of other government officials, practitioners, and immigration law experts.
April 26, 2011
Georgetown University Law Center
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Discussion on the Situation of Colombian Refugees in Panama and Ecuador
Representatives from a November 2010 trip to the region — Shaina Aber, Associate Advocacy Director for Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and Melanie Nezer, Senior Director for US Policy and Advocacy at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society — present the findings from their trip, along with Andrea Lari, Regional Director at Refugees International. The event will be moderated by Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs.
March 23, 2011
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Giving Back to India: The Forms and Accomplishments of Indian-American Philanthropy
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Migration Policy Institute, and the Indian Council for Overseas Employment hosted a panel discussion with Mahinder Tak, Co- Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Indo-American Council; Pradeep Kashyap, Executive Director, American India Foundation; B.P. Agrawal, Executive Director, Sustainable Innovations Inc.; Mark Sidel, Professor of Law and Lauridsen Family Fellow at the University of Iowa, and Past President, International Society for Third Sector Research; and Sudhir Parikh, Philanthropist, Physician and Allergist in the United States, and Chairman and Publisher of Parikh Worldwide Media Inc, with a keynote address by A. Didar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. This panel discussion was held in association with maximum INDIA - A festival of Indian arts and culture at the Kennedy Center.
March 19, 2011
Kennedy Center

   
 

Science and Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Building Bridges between India and the United States
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Migration Policy Institute, and the Indian Council for Overseas Employment hosted a panel discussion with Harvard Associate Professor K. "Vish" Viswanath; MIT Senior Associate Dean and Office of Educational Innovation and Technology Director M.S. Vijay Kumar; Centennial Group Global Knowledge and Innovation Practice Head Vinod K. Goel; and One Laptop per Child President and CEO Satish Jha; with a keynote given by Indian Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar. This panel discussion was held in association with maximum INDIA - A festival of Indian arts and culture at the Kennedy Center.
March 18, 2011
Kennedy Center

   
Lessons from the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act
Discussion on new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) report with PPIC Research Fellows Sarah Bohn and Magnus Lofstrom; Bruce A. Morrison, Former US Congressman from Connecticut (1983-1991) and Chair of the Immigration Subcommittee; and Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst.
March 18, 2011
MPI Conference Room
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Steps to Fix the US Immigration System: What Can the Administration Do?
MPI report release with Donald Kerwin, Vice President for Programs, MPI; Margie McHugh, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy; Doris Meissner, Director of US Immigration Policy Program and Senior Fellow, MPI; Eva Millona, Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition; and Juan P. Osuna, Acting Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, US Department of Justice.
Monday, March 14, 2011
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Delegation and Divergence: 287(g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement
MPI Report release with Randy Capps, MPI Demographer and Senior Policy Analyst; Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials; Captain LeRoy Kirkegard, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; and Muzaffar Chishti, Director of MPI's Office at NYU School of Law.
January 31, 2011
First Floor Conference Room, MPI Building
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Does Low-Skilled Immigration Hurt the US Economy? Assessing the Evidence
Report release with author Harry Holzer, Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director of Governance Studies, and Founding Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution; Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of MPI’s US Immigration Policy Program; and Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies.
January 13, 2011
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Diasporas: New Partners in Global Development Policy
Book event with Thomás Debass, Regional Director of Global Partnership Initiatives, Office of the US Secretary of State; Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development Program; Pradeep Ramamurthy, Senior Director of Global Engagement at the National Security Council; and Karen D. Turner, Director, Office of Development Partners, US Agency for International Development.
November 30, 2010
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US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin Discusses His Vision for CBP
Commissioner Bersin details his agenda for his agency and discusses illegal immigration, border enforcement, the impact to the economy on migration flows, the future of the Secure Border Initiative, drug trafficking, and other topics in this wide-ranging conversation with MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner and the audience.
October 14, 2010
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The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport: Stories from the US-Mexico Borderlands
Book discussion with Tyche Hendricks, journalist and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; Andrew Selee, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute; and Doris Meissner, MPI Senior Fellow and Director of MPI’s US Immigration Policy Program
September 29, 2010
   

Still an Hourglass?: Immigrant Workers in Middle-Skilled Jobs
Report release with Eduardo Martín Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education; Anthony P. Carnevale, Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce; report co-author Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies; Margie McHugh, Co-Director of MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
September 20, 2010

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Potential Reforms to the US Refugee Resettlement Program
Breakfast briefing with Kate Brick, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Robert Carey, Vice President of Resettlement and Migration Policy, International Rescue Committee; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of Refugee Policy and Migrants, Migration, and Development Programs.
July 16, 2010
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7th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The conference, co-sponsored by Georgetown Law, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the Migration Policy Institute, focused immigration and refugee law and policy. Panels included: Current Topics in Immigration Law and Policy; Reforming the U.S. Immigration Court System; Humanitarian Relief, Access to Protection, and U.S. Asylum Policies; and Enforcement of Immigration Law. Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State spoke on US policy on international migration.
June 24, 2010
Georgetown University Law Center
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Migration and Occupational Health: Shining a Light on the Problem
Discussion with Deborah Berkowitz, Chief of Staff, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor; John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Marc Schenker, Director, Migration and Health Research Center, University of California, Davis; Bruce Goldstein, Executive Director, Farmworker Justice; and Xochitl Castañeda, Director, Health Initiative of the Americas, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Moderated by Michael Fix, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies.
June 14, 2010
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Discussion on Possible Solutions for Refugees and IDPs
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs.
June 9, 2010

 
Immigrants: Contributors to the Economy or Competitors for American Jobs?
Briefing and discussion of the release of the latest paper by MPI's Labor Markets Initiative: The Impact of Immigrants in Recession and Economic Expansion. Speakers are report author Giovanni Peri, UC Davis Professor of Economics; Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
June 7, 2010
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Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-UAE Corridor
MPI report release with report author Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, MPI Policy Analyst; Luzviminda Padilla, Labor Attaché, Philippines Embassy in Washington; Jeni Klugman, Director, Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Program (TBC); and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs.
June 3, 2010
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Reform of the Immigration Removal Adjudication System
A discussion on possible reforms to the immigration adjudication system and the recent report on the topic by the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. The event was moderated by MPI Vice President for Programs Donald Kerwin, and the panelists were: Robert A. Katzmann, US Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; Karen T. Grisez, Chair, ABA Commission on Immigration; and Lawrence A. Schneider, Senior Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, who led the ABA report research team.
May 25, 2010
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2010 E Pluribus Unum Prizes: Honoring Exceptional Immigrant Integration Initiatives
Winners of the 2nd annual E Pluribus Unum Prizes awarded to exceptional immigrant integration initiatives by MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy are the Illinois New Americans Integration Initiative; the Latino Community Credit Union in Durham, NC; Tacoma Community House in Tacoma, WA; and Upwardly Global in San Francisco, CA. McDonald's Corp. of Oak Brook, IL, received the sole honorable mention. The Prizes seek to reward exemplary efforts that uphold and update the ideal of "out of many, one" and inspire others to take on the important work of helping immigrants and their children join the mainstream of US society as well as build stronger ties between immigrants and the native-born.
May 18, 2010
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Securing Human Mobility in the Age of Risk: New Challenges for Travel, Migration, and Borders
Book release with Susan Ginsburg, MPI Nonresident Fellow and former Senior Counsel, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (9/11 Commission); Michael German, Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy, American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office; Luis Rubio, President, CIDAC (Center of Research for Development) and instructor at Mexico's intelligence agency school; and Donald M. Kerwin, Jr., MPI Vice President for Programs.
April 22, 2010
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Discussion on the Situation of Refugees and IDPs in Sudan and Chad
A briefing by Stefano Severe, the UNHCR Representative in Chad, and Peter de Clercq, the UNHCR Representative in Sudan, on the latest developments and challenges concerning refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. Moderated by Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI's Refugee Policy Program.
April 20, 2010
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A Book Discussion - Forbidden Language: English Learners and Restrictive Language Policies
The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Migration Policy Institute hosted a discussion on the effects of English-only policies on English language learners, with book author Patricia Gándara, Megan Hopkins, UCLA; Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics; Daniel Losen, UCLA Civil Rights Project; Roberto J. Rodríguez, The White House Domestic Policy Council; and Michael Fix, MPI.
April 14, 2010
 

Immigrant Legalization: Assessing Labor Market Effects
Public Policy Institute of California researchers Magnus Lofstrom and Laura Hill discuss their research examining the potential labor market outcomes and other possible economic effects of a legalization program. The discussion was moderated by Doris Meissner, MPI Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, with comments from MPI Senior Policy Analyst Randy Capps and Sherrie A. Kossoudji, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan.
April 12, 2010
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USCIS Director Mayorkas Offers Vision for His Agency
US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas details his agenda for his agency, and discusses E-Verify, fees, the transformation initiative, processing of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, and other top priorities for USCIS.
March 22, 2010
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The 30th Anniversary of the 1980 Refugee Act: What the Refugee Program's History Suggests for a Better Future
Briefing with Representative James McGovern, Third Congressional District of Massachusetts, Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao, Second Congressional District of Louisiana; António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Kathleen Newland, Director, Refugee Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute; Kay Bellor, Vice President, US Programs, International Rescue Committee; and Tara Magner, Senior Counsel, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
March 15, 2010
US Capitol Building, Room HC-6, Washington, DC
 

Promoting Success on Both Sides of the Border: Binational Approaches to US Immigrant Integration
A discussion and report release with Ambassador Carlos García de Alba, Executive Director, Institute for Mexicans Abroad; and MPI's Laureen Laglagaron, Kathleen Newland, Aaron Terrazas, and Michael Fix.
January 28, 2010
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DHS Assistant Secretary John Morton discusses his vision for ICE
Launch of the MPI Speakers Series - Leadership Visions - Moderated by Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, US Immigration Policy Program, MPI
January 25, 2010
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The Politics of Citizenship in Europe in an Era of Integration Challenges
A book discussion with Marc Morjé Howard, Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
January 12, 2010
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Illegal Immigration's Effects on the US Economy and Policy

Paper release with Gordon Hanson, University of California, San Diego Economics Professor; Jeanne Butterfield, National Immigration Forum Senior Advisor; Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst; and Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies.
December 2, 2009
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Denial and Delay: How Terrorism-Related Provisions in Immigration Law Affect Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Discussion on report examining terrorism-related immigration law with Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI's Refugee Policy Program; report co-author Anwen Hughes, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director of Human Rights First's Refugee Protection Program; Brandon Prelogar, Special Advisor for Refugee & Asylum Affairs at the US Department of Homeland Security; and Melanie Nezer, HIAS Senior Director of US Programs and Advocacy.
November 12, 2009
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Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration
Book release and discussion with Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; Michael S. Teitelbaum, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Carl Haub, Senior Demographer and Conrad Taeuber Chair of Public Information, Population Reference Bureau; and Joseph J. Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Committee for Economic Development.
October 28, 2009
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Paper Citizens - A Book Discussion on the Illicit Market for Citizenship in the Developing World
Discussion with book author Dr. Kamal Sadiq, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Irvine, and Susan Ginsburg, MPI Director of the Mobility and Security Program.
October 1, 2009

Closing the Distance: How Governments Can Strengthen Ties with Their Diasporas
Book release with Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Richard Cambridge, World Bank African Diaspora Program Adviser; Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development Program.
September 22, 2009
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Discussion with Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees US Envoy

September 17, 2009

Immigrant Detention: Can ICE Meet Its Legal Imperatives and Case Management Responsibilities?
Report release with Donald Kerwin, MPI Vice President for Programs; Serena Lin, MPI Data/Statistical Analyst; Dora Schriro, Director, ICE Office of Detention Policy and Planning; and Andrea Black, Detention Watch Network Coordinator.
September 10, 2009
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The Next Generation of E-Verify: Getting Employer Verification Right

A Webinar with report co-author Marc R. Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI.
July 30, 2009
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A New Proposal to Address US Immigration Future Flow Needs
Report release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI; Madeleine Sumption, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI; Marc Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI; Jeanne Butterfield, Senior Advisor, National Immigration Forum; and Tamar Jacoby, President, ImmigrationWorks USA
July 24, 2009
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E-Verify: An Assessment of its Strengths and Weaknesses
Report release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI; and Marc Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI
July 20, 2009
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6th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference

This conference offered law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Panel discussion topics included Bringing Immigration Policymaking into the 21st Century, Prospects for Immigration Reform: What to Expect from Washington?, and Communities Laying the Groundwork for Immigration Reform and Beyond. Speakers included: Senate Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Charles Schumer and Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton. Co-sponsored by MPI, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center.
June 24, 2009
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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