8th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

The conference will offer law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues, and featured panelists will include government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts. Confirmed Speakers include:

• Michelle Brané, Director, Detention and Asylum Program, Women’s Refugee Commission

• Muzaffar Chishti, Director, MPI at NYU School of Law

• Geoffrey Heeren, Fellow, Center for Applied Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center

• Asa Hutchinson, Former Member of Congress (3rd District of Arkansas); former Undersecretary, US Department of Homeland Security; Partner, The Asa Hutchinson Law Group

• Donald Kerwin, MPI Vice President for Programs

• David A. Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, University of Virginia, School of Law

• Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, MPI; former Commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service

• Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center-A Heartland Alliance Partner

• Julie Myers Wood, Former Director, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement; President, Immigration and Customs Solutions, LLC

• Maria M. Odom, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

• Daniel Olmos, Senior Counsel, Access to Justice Initiative, US Department of Justice

• Margo Schlanger, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, US Department of Homeland Security

• Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Co-Director, Center for Applied Legal Studies; Deputy Director, Georgetown University Institute for the Study of International Migration

The conference will take place at the Georgetown University Law Center.  It is sponsored by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Georgetown University Law Center, and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

KJ