Illegal Immigration's Effects on the US Economy and Policy Paper release with Gordon Hanson, University of California, San Diego Economics Professor; Jeanne Butterfield, National Immigration Forum Senior Advisor; Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst; and Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies. December 2, 2009
Denial and Delay: How terrorism related provisions in immigration law affect asylum seekers and refugees Discussion on new report examining terrorism-related immigration law
with Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI’s Refugee Policy Program; Report
co-author Anwen Hughes, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director of Human
Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program; Brandon Prelogar, Special
Advisor for Refugee & Asylum Affairs at the US Department of
Homeland Security; and Melanie Nezer, HIAS Senior Director of US
Programs and Advocacy. November 12, 2009
Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration Book release and discussion with Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; Michael S. Teitelbaum, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Carl Haub, Senior Demographer and Conrad Taeuber Chair of Public Information, Population Reference Bureau; and Joseph J. Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Committee for Economic Development. October 28, 2009
A new proposal to address US immigration future flow needs Report release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI; Madeleine Sumption, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI; Marc Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI; Jeanne Butterfield, Senior Advisor, National Immigration Forum; and Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA July 24, 2009
E-Verify: An assessment of its strengths and weaknesses MPI Report release with authors Doris Meissner, MPI Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, and Marc R. Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst. July 20, 2009
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
Labor Markets and Immigration Breakfast briefing and policy paper release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, MPI; Tamar Jacoby, President of ImmigrationWorks USA; and Frank Sharry, Founder and Executive Director of America's Voice. May 13, 2009
Discussion on the Treatment of Asylum Seekers in the United States Breakfast briefing with Eleanor Acer, Director of the Refugee Protection Program, Human Rights First; Michael Cromartie, Vice Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom; James Ziglar, Sr., former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Program, MPI. April 30, 2009
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 Breakfast briefing and report release 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
2008
Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States Report release with Jeanne Batalova, MPI Policy Analyst and Data Manager; Michael Fix, MPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies; Jane Leu, Upwardly Global Executive Director and Founder; and Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, Maryland. October 22, 2008
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
Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century Breakfast briefing and book discussion with Dr. Philip Bobbitt, book author; John Brennan, former Director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center; and Susan Ginsburg, MPI Mobility and Security Program Director. April 28, 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
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: Law, Policy, and Practice The Second Annual Matthew J. Ryan Forum on Law and Public Policy Organized by Villanova University School of Law Co-sponsored by Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Relief Services, Holland + Knight LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP April 4, 2008 National Press Club Ballroom
The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers and Celebration of César Chávez Day Roundtable discussion with: Irasema Garza, Working America, AFL-CIO; Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice; Rick Nahmias, The Migrant Project; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute. Followed by presentation of the photo exhibit and a reception. Co-sponsored by MPI, Mexico Cultural Institute, Embassy of Mexico, Farmworker Justice, and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation March 31, 2008 The Mexico Cultural Institute
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
Policies to Manage Migration Breakfast briefing with Georges Lemaitre, International Migration Specialist, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President. February 7, 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
Finding and Using the Best Immigration Data Resources: A Seminar on Immigration Statistics 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
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
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
Terrorism Legislation Affecting Refugees Breakfast briefing with Eleanor Acer, Human Rights First; George Clark, Save the Montagnard People Inc.; and Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, Senior Consultant, Lutheran World Relief, and former Governor of Choco, Colombia; Doua Thor, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center March 9, 2007
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
Immigration and America's Future: A New Chapter Release of the final report of the Independent Task Force co-chaired by former Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and former Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN). The Task Force Co-chairs and Director Doris Meissner, senior fellow at MPI, discuss the report’s recommendations. The final report should serve as a durable foundation upon which to build the discourse and policies that can meet the challenges and opportunities posed by immigration for the 21st century. Wednesday, September 20, 2006
America's Human Rights Challenge Breakfast Briefing with Susan Gzesh, University of Chicago; Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights; Kareem Shora, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; and Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute at the NYU School of Law Wednesday, September 13, 2006
America's Emigrants: US Retirement to Mexico and Panama Breakfast briefing with Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President; David Dixon, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Julie Murray, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; and Betsy Anderson, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizen Services at the Department of State. June 29, 2006
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
Latin America's Response to the US Immigration Policy Debate Forum with Carolina Barco Isakson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colombia; Roberto Tovar Faja, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica; Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Dominican Republic; Francisco Esteban Laínez Rivas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador; Jorge Briz Abularach, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala; Luis Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico; Norman Caldera Cardenal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicaragua; and Samuel Lewis Navarro, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama Members Room (LJ-160) of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress May 2, 2006 WATCH THE EVENT VIDEO AND READ EVENT TRANSCRIPT
A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America Breakfast briefing with Aristide R. Zolberg, Director of the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship, New School University, and Bruce A. Morrison, former Chairman of the US House of Representatives Immigration Subcommittee April 24, 2006
Today's Employment-Based Immigration and the Role Temporary Worker Programs Play Breakfast briefing and release of publications prepared for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future Susan Martin, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, and Deborah Meyers, Senior Policy Analyst at MPI examined the current employment-based admissions system and its weaknesses, as well as interconnections between the temporary and permanent employment-based admission systems. January 25, 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
A Conversation with C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. Briefing with the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security, with comments by John Morton and Paul Redmond September 27, 2004
A Conversation with Susan Ginsburg Briefing with the Senior Counsel and Team Leader for Border Security, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [September 11 Commission] September 10, 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
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
A Conversation with Maura Harty Briefing with the Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs, US Department of State March 25, 2004
The Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Policy Briefing with Maria Ontiveros, University of San Francisco Law Center, Isabel Medina, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, John Guendelsberger, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Lory Rosenberg, National Legal Aid and Defender Association and former BIA member March 19, 2004
Haiti in Turmoil: Assistance, Protection and Flight Briefing with Jared M. Hoffman, Catholic Relief Services, Galen Carey, World Relief, Kolude Doherty, UNHCR, and Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA March 18, 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
Reflections on NAFTA and Migration Briefing with Thomas F. McLarty, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates and former advisor to Presidents Clinton, Bush and Carter, and His Excellency Juan Jose Bremer-Martino, Mexican Ambassador to the United State January 23, 2004
Asylum seekers and US Expedited Removal Procedures Roundtable discussion with Mark Hetfeld, Immigration Counsel for Study, Kate Jastram, Boalt School of Law, Berkeley and Robert Divine, Study Advisor (Invitation only) Co-sponsored with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom October 10, 2003
US Border Enforcement Strategy Briefing with Dr. Wayne Cornelius, Gildred Professor of Political Science and US Mexican Relations and Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego October 2, 2003
A Converation with Asa Hutchinson Briefing and reception with the Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security, DHS September 30, 2003
Reform of the Board of Immigration Appeals Briefing with Philip Schrag, Georgetown University Law Center, Lory Rosenberg, National Legal Aid and Defender Association and former Board of Immigration Appeals, and Thomas Sydnor, Arnold and Porter March 27, 2003
INS and the Department of Homeland Security: A Farewell Tribute - A Look Ahead Briefing with David Martin, University of Virginia; Michael Fix and Jeffrey Passel, Urban Institute; Bruce Morrison, US Commission on Immigration Reform; Lavinia Limon, International Institute of Los Angeles; James Ziglar, former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner; Doris Meissner and Alex Aleinikoff, MPI February 28, 2003
