How are Iraqi refugees faring in the United States? Briefing with George Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee (IRC); Robert Carey, Vice President for Resettlement and Migration Policy, IRC; Robin Dunn-Marcos, Director of the IRC Phoenix office; and Alaa Naji, Iraqi refugee resettled by IRC. Moderated by Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs, MPI; Member of the Board of Overseers of the IRC; and member of the IRC Commission. Co-sponsored by the International Rescue Committee. June 16, 2009
6th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference This conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists will include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and immigration experts. Co-sponsored by MPI, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center. June 24, 2009
E Pluribus Unum Prizes - Awards Ceremony and Reception This new national awards program annually recognizes four exceptional initiatives that promote immigrant integration. May 20, 2009 5:30-7:30 PM Madison Hall, Madison Building Library of Congress, Washington, DC
DHS and Immigration: Taking Stock and Correcting Course Breakfast briefing and report release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of US Immigration Policy Program, MPI, and Donald Kerwin, Vice President of Programs, MPI. February 11, 2009
Immigration and the Current Economic Crisis VIEW POWERPOINTS Breakfast Briefing with Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President; Michael Fix, Senior Vice President, MPI; Margie McHugh, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy; and Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist, World Bank. January 14, 2009
Finding and Using the Best Immigration Data Resources: A Seminar on Immigration Statistics VIEW THE POWERPOINTS Data seminar with Elizabeth Grieco, Chief, Immigration Statistics, US Census Bureau; Mark Mather, Associate Vice President, Domestic Programs, Population Reference Bureau; Jeffrey Passel, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center; Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; and moderated by Jeanne Batalova, MPI Policy Analyst and Data Manager. October 16, 2008 VIEW THE EVENT
Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age Book discussion with Philip Kasinitz, Professor of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; John H. Mollenkopf, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Urban Research, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; Demetrios Papademetriou, President, MPI; and Tamar Jacoby, President, ImmigrationWorks USA June 24, 2008 Woodrow Wilson Center
5th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference This conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists will include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and immigration experts. Co-sponsored by MPI, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), and Georgetown University Law Center. May 20, 2008 Georgetown University Law Center WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE EVENT
Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants Book discussion with Jorge G. Castañeda, Mexico’s foreign minister from 2000-2003 and author of the new book Ex-Mex, Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue, and Doris Meissner, MPI. May 15, 2008
Integration in Europe: Perspectives Shared from the Viewpoint of the "Integrated" Lunch discussion on the challenges and opportunities experienced by Europe's African-origin population. Speakers include Joe Frans, Vice Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent; Dr. Philomena Essed, professor at Antioch University; Gary Younge, Columnist for the Guardian; and moderated by Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, MPI. April 29, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa comes to MPI Report release of Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Indicators and Their Policy Implications. Mayor Villaraigosa will discuss his city’s experience, and report authors Margie McHugh and Michael Fix will provide a brief overview of their findings. April 16, 2008
State Legislation and Local Ordinances Targeting Undocumented Immigrants Brownbag Luncheon with Omar C. Jadwat, American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrants' Rights Project; Laureen D. Laglagaron, MPI; and Cristina Rodríguez, New York University School of Law. Co-sponsored by the Migration Policy Institute, DC Bar Association, and DC Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association. March 14, 2008 District of Columbia Bar, Washington DC
Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization Briefing with Peter J. Spiro, Charles Weiner Professor of Law at Temple University; Donald Kerwin, Executive Director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President. March 5, 2008
Citizenship in Britain and the United States Briefing with Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, the former Attorney General of Britain; T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Executive Vice President of Law Center Affairs and Dean of the Law Center, Georgetown University; Alfonso Aguilar, Chief of the Office of Citizenship, US Citizenship and Immigration Services;Matthew Spalding, Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, The Heritage Foundation; and Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President. February 4, 2008 READ THE EVENT SUMMARY
2007
A Framework for Assessing the Legality of State/Local Immigration Measures Briefing and paper release with Muzaffar Chishti, Director, MPI’s office at New York University School of Law; Laureen Laglagaron, Policy Analyst, MPI; Cristina Rodríguez, Associate Professor, New York University School of Law; and moderated by Michael Fix, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. December 13, 2007
Adult English Language Instruction in the US: Determining Need and Investing Wisely Breakfast briefing with Brigitte Marshall, Oakland Unified School District; Israel Mendoza, Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Programs, State of Washington; Heide Spruck Wrigley, LiteracyWork International; Michael Fix, MPI; Margie McHugh, MPI; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI July 31, 2007
Migration and Development Conference This two-day conference provided the space for a dialogue between the external research and policy community to identify critical areas for interventions that enhance the development impact of migration. This conference made an explicit effort to identify policy areas for increased attention and action from international policy institutions. Cosponsored by The World Bank’s Migration Working Group, the OECD Development Centre, and MPI May 23-24, 2007 The World Bank, Washington, DC
The Fourth Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference April 24, 2007 Keynote by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, U.S. House of Representatives Co-sponsored by MPI, Georgetown University Law Center, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Georgetown University Law Center Event Summary
MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy Launch Breakfast briefing with Michael Fix and Margie McHugh, Center Co-Directors; Jeanne Batalova, Data Manager, MPI Data Hub; Don Kerwin, Executive Director, CLINIC; Leighton Ku, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Delia Pompa, Vice President of Education, National Council of La Raza; and Ruby Takanishi, President, Foundation for Child Development. February 6, 2007
2006
Redefining America: Key Findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey Breakfast briefing with Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University; Luis Fraga, Stanford University; John Garcia, University of Arizona; Rodney Hero, Notre Dame University; Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University; and Gary Segura, University of Washington December 7, 2006 Woodrow Wilson Center
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity Beyond the Urban Core: Immigrants, Migrants, and the New American Suburb Afternoon briefing with Lorrie Frasure, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Government, Cornell University; Audrey Singer, Immigration Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution; and John R. Logan, Professor of Sociology and Director, The Initiative in Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Brown University Hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars June 27, 2006
One Face at the Border: Behind the Slogan Breakfast briefing and report release with author Deborah Waller Meyers and comments by Anne M. Khademian, School for Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, and C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Principal at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc. and former Assistant Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security June 23, 2005
2nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference May 24, 2005, Georgetown University Law Center The conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts. Event Summary
2004
Regional Integration and Migration Policy Challenges in Southern Africa Roundtable discussion with Dr. Loren Landau, Acting Director and Research Coordinator of the Forced Migration Studies Program at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (Invitation only) November 9, 2004
Affirmative Action, Racism and the Integration of Ethnic Immigrant Minorities Briefing with Marco Martiniello, Senior Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liege and Director of the Centre d'Etudes de l'Ethnicite et des Migrations August 12, 2004
First Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference Co-sponsored with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and the Georgetown University Law Center at the Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, DC) May 18, 2004
Integration and the Rights of Immigrants Briefing with Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Danish Representative to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination May 4, 2004
The Hispanic Challenge? What We Know About Latino Immigration Panel discussion with Roberto Suro, Elizabeth Grieco, David Gutierrez, Michael Jones-Correa, Ricardo Stanton-Salazar, Demetrios Papademetriou, Philippa Strum and Andrew Selee Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC) March 29, 2004
Putting Data to Work for Immigrants and Communities: Tools for the Washington, D.C. Metro Area and Beyond Briefing with Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution, Randy Capps, The Urban Institute, Stanley Rolark, U.S Census Bureau, and Suzette Brooks Resource exchange with the Arab American Institute, The Brookings Institution, DC Agenda, the DC Office of Planning, the Maryland State Data Center, National Council of La Raza, the Urban Institute, and the US Census Bureau March 11, 2004
Building the New American Community Initiative Integration workshop with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Immigration Forum, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, and the Urban Institute Engineers Club at the Garrett Jacobs Mansion (Baltimore, MD) February 27, 2004
The Impact of Asylum Policies in Europe Briefing with Dr. David Griffiths, The School of Planning at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom August 14, 2003
The Italian Presidency's Asylum and Immigration Agenda Briefing with Christopher Hein, Director of the Italian Refugee Council and Chair, Executive Committee of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles July 16, 2003
