March 1 marks a historic transition within the Federal Government as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service is retired and its functions become part of the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Please join us for an afternoon of discussion on the immigration challenges facing DHS and a look back at the life and times of the INS.

1:30 - 2:30 - Looking Ahead, (Presentations of soon-to-be released MPI papers)

MPI's panel on INS/DHS included former INS Commissioners Doris Meissner and James Ziglar, MPI Co-founder Demetrios Papademetriou, Bruce Morrison, former Chairman, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and International Law and Lavinia Limon, former Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services.

• David Martin, Professor of Law, University of Virginia, former General Counsel, INS "Who Decides?: The Immigration Authorities of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security"
• Michael Fix, Director, Immigration Studies, and Jeffrey Passel, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute, "What Do We Need to Know?: Implications of Homeland Security for Immigration Data"
• Moderator: Alex Aleinikoff, Senior Associate, MPI; Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University

Demetrios Papademetriou, Bruce Morrison and Lavinia Limon

• Senior official, Department of Homeland Security*
• Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, MPI

3:30- 5:00 - Looking Back: Reminiscences with "Formers"

Former INS Commissioners Doris Meissner and James Ziglar reminisce about their years working on national immigration policies.

• Doris Meissner, former Commissioner, INS
• Bruce Morrison, former Chairman, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and International Law, and member, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform
• Lavinia Limon, former Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director, International Institute of Los Angeles
• James Ziglar, former Commissioner, INS
• Moderator: Demetrios Papademetriou, Co-Director, MPI

* Invited, not confirmed

Please RSVP with acceptances only to Ana Claros at (202) 266-1940 or aclaros@migrationpolicy.org.