10th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and panel discussions on the prospects for legislative action, policy options, and political mobilization; lessons learned from past immigration legislation and programs; and an assessment of current conditions at the U.S. border and considerations for future policy.
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour as well as panel discussions covering a range of key immigration topics. Among the topics of discussion: Prospects for legislative action, policy options, and political mobilization; opportunities for action on immigration issues absent legislative movement; lessons learned from past immigration legislation and programs, including the Immigration Reform and Control Act and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; and an assessment of current conditions at the U.S. border and considerations for future border and immigration policy.
Speakers:
Morning Keynote: The Honorable Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi (2004-2012) and fmr. Republican National Committee Chair (1993-1997)
Afternoon Keynote: The Honorable John McCain, United States Senator (R-AZ)
Session I: Bruce A. Morrison, Chair of the Morrison Public Affairs Group, U.S. Representative (D-CT, 1983-1991), and former chair of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Border Security; Roy Beck, President and CEO, Numbers USA; Fawn Johnson, Correspondent, National Journal; Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker; Lorella Praeli, Director of Advocacy & Policy, United We Dream
Session II: Marielena Hincapié, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center; Lynden Melmed, Partner, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP; former Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and former Special Counsel to Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas); Wendy Young, President, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Session III: Muzaffar Chishti, Director, MPI Office at NYU School of Law; Charles Kamasaki, Executive Vice President, National Council of La Raza; Jan C. Ting, Professor of Law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law; Assistant Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (1990 to 1993); Board Member, Center for Immigration Studies
Session IV: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Fernando Garcia, Executive Director, Border Network for Human Rights; Michael J. Fisher, Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol
Moderators:
Session I: Doris Meissner, Director of MPI’s U.S. Immigration Policy Program
Session II: Jeanne Atkinson, Executive Director, CLINIC
Session III: Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies
Session IV: Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Director of Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute and Deputy Director of Georgetown University Institute for the Study of International Migration
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About the U.S. Immigration Policy Program
The U.S. Immigration Policy Program provides analysis of U.S. immigration pathways, the impacts of enforcement and other policies, and the characteristics of immigrant populations.
