7th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference
Friday, 6/25/2010 9:00 AM (EST)
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MEDIA ADVISORY |
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WHAT:
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7th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
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Friday, June 25, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Georgetown University Law Center Hart Auditorium - McDonough Hall 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001
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Panel 1: Current Topics in Immigration Law and Policy Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and U.S. Immigration Policy Program Director, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator) Jeanne A. Butterfield, Legislative/Policy Director, Reform Immigration for America David A. Martin, Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Margie McHugh, Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration, Migration Policy Institute Panel 2: Reforming the U.S. Immigration Court System Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University and Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator) Tara Magner, Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Juan Osuna, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice Lawrence A. Schneider, Senior Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP Keynote: Humanitarian Responses to Crises (Haiti), Overview of PRM Priorities, and the Foreign Policy Implications of the U.S. Immigration Debate Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State Introduction: Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute Panel 3: Humanitarian Relief, Access to Protection, and U.S. Asylum Policies Donald Kerwin, Vice President for Programs, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator) Jocelyn McCalla, President, JMC Strategies, LLC and former Executive Director, National Coalition for Haitian Rights Kathleen Newland, Director, Migrants, Migration and Development Program, Migration Policy Institute Eleanor Acer, Director, Refugee Protection Program, Human Rights First Panel 4: Enforcement of Immigration Law Maria Odom, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (Moderator) Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute Office, New York University School of Law Phyllis Coven, Acting Director, Office of Detention Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wendy Young, Executive Director, Kids in Need of Defense
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NOTE:
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Participants will discuss current immigration law and policy; immigrant integration in an era of budget cuts; immigration court reform; issues related to enforcement of immigration laws; and humanitarian issues for Haitians, refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable populations. This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the Migration Policy Institute. Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu. |