7th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
June 25, 2010
8:15 a.m. Foyer Check-in and Registration Open
9:00 a.m. Hart Auditorium Conference Begins
Plenary Session I: Current Topics in Immigration Law and Policy
Session Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow & US Immigration Policy Program Director, Migration Policy Institute
Session Speakers:
Jeanne A. Butterfield, Legislative/Policy Director, Reform Immigration for America
David A. Martin, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
Margie McHugh, Co-Director of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
10:30 a.m. Foyer Break
10:45 a.m. Hart Auditorium Conference Reconvenes
Plenary Session II: Reforming the U.S. Immigration Court System
Session Moderator: Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
Session Speakers:
Tara Magner, Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Juan Osuna, Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Lawrence A. Schneider, Senior Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
12:15 p.m. Foyer Lunch
1:15 p.m. Hart Auditorium Conference Reconvenes
Afternoon Keynote:
Humanitarian Responses to Crises (Haiti), Overview of PRM Priorities, and the Foreign Policy Implications of the U.S. Immigration Debate
The Honorable Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, United States Department of State
Introduced by Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President
1:45 p.m. Hart Auditorium
Plenary Session III: Humanitarian Relief, Access to Protection, and U.S. Asylum Policies
Session Moderator: Donald Kerwin, Vice President for Programs, Migration Policy Institute
Session Speakers:
Jocelyn McCalla, President, JMC Strategies, LLC
Kathleen Newland, Director, Migrants, Migration and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs, Migration Policy Institute
Eleanor Acer, Director, Refugee Protection Program, Human Rights First
3:15 p.m. Foyer Break
3:30 p.m. Hart Auditorium Conference Reconvenes
Plenary Session IV: Immigration Enforcement, Detention Reform, and One Vulnerable Population That Remains Unprotected
Session Moderator: Maria Odom, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Session Speakers:
Muzaffar Chishti, Director, MPI Office at NYU School of Law, Migration Policy Institute
Phyllis Coven, Acting Director of the Office of Detention Policy and Planning, Department of Homeland Security
Wendy Young, Executive Director, Kids in Need of Defense
5:00 p.m. Hart Auditorium Conference Concludes
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