Recent MPI Events
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
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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
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Paper Citizens - A Book Discussion on the Illicit Market for Citizenship in the Developing World
With Book Author, Dr. Kamal Sadiq, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Irvine, and Susan Ginsburg, MPI Director of the Mobility and Security Program.
October 1, 2009
Closing the Distance: How Governments Can Strengthen Ties with Their Diasporas
Book release with Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Richard Cambridge, World Bank African Diaspora Program Adviser; Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development Program.
September 22, 2009
Discussion with Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees US Envoy
September 17, 2009
First Floor Conference Room, MPI Building
Immigrant Detention: Can ICE Meet Its Legal Imperatives and Case Management Responsibilities?
Report release with Donald Kerwin, MPI Vice President for Programs; Serena Lin, MPI Data/Statistical Analyst; Dora Schriro, Director, ICE's Office of Detention Policy and Planning; and Andrea Black, Detention Watch Network Coordinator.
September 10, 2009
First Floor Conference Room, MPI Building
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The Next Generation of E-Verify: Getting Employer Verification Right
A Webinar with report co-author Marc R. Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI.
July 30, 2009
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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
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E-Verify: An assessment of its strengths and weaknesses
Report release with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy
Program, MPI; and Marc Rosenblum, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI
July 20, 2009
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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
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Georgetown University Law Center
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 MPI and the International Rescue Committee.
June 16, 2009
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Current Migration Trends from Mexico: What are the impacts of the economic crisis and the US enforcement strategy?
Briefing by Wayne A. Cornelius, Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC-San Diego and center research team with Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI.
June 8, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2237
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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
Madison Hall, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
MPI Symposium on Citizenship
Discussion on citizenship with leading citizenship experts and key policymakers.
May 15, 2009
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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
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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
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Shifting Communities: Race, Immigration and Politics in American Suburbs
Discussion with UCLA Assistant Professor Lorrie Frasure and MPI Demographer and Senior Policy Analyst Randy Capps.
April 23, 2009
Rudin Family Forum, New York, NY
Asylum in the European Union: A Discussion with Judith Kumin, Director of UNHCR's European Union Liaison Office
March 12, 2009
DHS and Immigration: Taking Stock and Correcting Course (Audio, PowerPoint and Report available)
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
Carnegie Institution for Science Auditorium
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Stuck in a Revolving Door: Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union
Breakfast briefing and report release with Bill Frelick, Refugee Policy Director, Human Rights Watch and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Program, MPI
January 29, 2009
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Immigration and the Current Economic Crisis
Breakfast Briefing with Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President (View Powerpoint); Michael Fix, Senior Vice President, MPI; Margie McHugh, Co-Director, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy (View Powerpoint); and Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist, World Bank (View Related Brief).
January 14, 2009
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