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9:00 a.m.(above)
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Opening Speaker
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker(with welcome)
Leticia Van de Putte, Texas State Senator and Immediate Past President, National
Conference of State Legislatures
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Immigration, the Presidential Campaign Platforms and the 2008 Elections
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator)
Brian Nienaber, Vice President, The Tarrance Group
Frank Sharry, Executive Director, America's Voice
Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Nationality, Political Membership, Citizenship and Immigration Policy
Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) (Moderator)
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Margaret D. Stock, United States Military Academy, West Point
1:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Afternoon Speaker
Jonathan Scharfen, Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
The States Step In: The Devolution of Immigration Policy
Michael Fix, Vice President, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator)
Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute Office at New York University
Cristina Rodriguez, Associate Professor, New York University School of Law
Laura Valera, Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project Director, Washington Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Five Years Later
Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy
Director, Georgetown University Institute for the Study of
International Migration, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
Law Center
Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Charles H. Kuck, Managing Partner, Kuck Casablanca LLP and President Elect, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Lisa Powell, Chief Investigative Counsel, Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management
This event is sponsored by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Migration Policy Institute,
and Georgetown Law. |
