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Media Advisory
April 17, 2007
Contact:
Colleen Coffey, 202-266-1910
William Youmans, 202-635-5810

If It’s Broke, Fix it: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to Keynote Conference as Immigration Leaders Debate Reform Prospects

WHAT:



 

4th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

Immigration experts, government officials, and policymakers will discuss
topics including the new era of interior immigration enforcement; necessary elements of comprehensive immigration reform; the challenges of naturalizing 10 million people; immigrant integration; trends in DHS detention practices; and immigrant rights in post-Katrina Louisiana.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to  5:00 p.m.


WHERE:


Bernard P. McDonough Hall
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001

WHO:



 

 

 

 

Keynote Address 9:00 am:
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, U.S. House of Representatives 

Margaret Klessig, Chief of Staff, Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

Esther Olavarria, General Counsel, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Chair of Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Gerri Ratliff, Chief of Staff, Office of Verification, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Department of Homeland Security

For a full agenda, please click here.

REGISTER:

Registration is required, but free for journalists.
Please contact Colleen Coffey: 202-266-1910 or ccoffey@migrationpolicy.org.

This conference is sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center,
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and the Migration Policy Institute.  

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