7th Annual Law & Policy Conference
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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
Transcript of Eric Schwartz's speech
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