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Conference Agenda

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. Panel One: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – One Year Later
This panel will review key issues related to the transfer of the U.S. immigration function to DHS. Topics will include: (1) customer service, backlog, and application adjudication issues; (2) inter-agency coordination; (3) the status and efficacy of “national security” changes in immigration law and procedure, including “special registration”, U.S.-Visit, inter-agency information sharing, and other developments; (4) ongoing concerns of Arab- and Muslim-American communities; (5) DHS legal coordination issues and gaps in rule-making and administrative directives.

Moderator:
Christina DeConcini (confirmed), Director of Public Education and Advocacy, CLINIC

Speakers:
Jeanne Butterfield (confirmed), Executive Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Doris Meissner (confirmed), Senior Fellow, MPI, former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Mary Rose Oaker (confirmed), Executive Director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Baruch Weiss (confirmed), Associate General Counsel for Border and Transportation Security and Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS.

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel Two: Temporary Worker and Legalization Issues
This panel will analyze: (1) temporary worker and legalization proposals; (2) the lessons of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; (3) the experience of the United States and other nations with guest worker programs.

Moderator:
Charles Wheeler (confirmed), Director of Training and Technical Support, CLINIC

Speakers:
Beatriz Maya (confirmed), Director, Dignity and Amnesty for Immigrants
Frank Sharry (confirmed), Executive Director, National Immigration Forum
Cecilia Muñoz (confirmed), Vice President for Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza.

Michael Hill (confirmed), Office of Government Liaison, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

12:30 - 1:15 p.m. LUNCH

1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Panel Three: National Security and Immigration Litigation
This panel will review legal challenges and considerations related to post-9/11 immigration and national security measures.

Moderator:
T. Alexander Aleinikoff (confirmed), Dean-designate of Georgetown University School of Law, former General Counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Speakers:
Viet Dinh (confirmed), Georgetown University School of Law, former Assistant Attorney General
David Cole (confirmed), Georgetown University School of Law
Neal Katyal (invited), Georgetown University School of Law

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Panel Four: Detention, Interdiction, and Enforcement Issues
This panel will discuss a range of immigration enforcement issues, including: (1) pre-charge, preventive, mandatory and indefinite detention; (2) alternatives to detention; (3) interdiction and migrant interception programs; (4) other protection issues.

Moderator:
Andy Schoenholtz (confirmed), Director of Law and Policy Study, Institute for the Study of International Migration

Speakers:
Kathleen Sullivan (confirmed), Director of Special Projects, CLINIC
Victor Cerda (invited), Counsel to the Director of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), DHS.
Bill Frelick (confirmed), Director, Refugee Programs, Amnesty International.
Judy Rabinovitz (invited), Senior Staff Counsel, American Civil Liberties Foundation, Immigrants’Rights Project

For questions, please contact Kimberly Neely at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC) at kneely@cliniclegal.org or 202/756-5548.

Pre-registration is required. Please click here for a registration form.