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29th
National Legal Conference
On Immigration and Refugee Policy
March 13-14, 2006
The Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Conference Information
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Conference Information
Presented by
The Center for Migration Studies of New York, Inc.
and Fordham University School of Law
The Center for Migration Studies
(CMS) is an educational nonprofit institute founded
in New York in 1964 to encourage and facilitate the study of
socio-demographic,
economic, political, historical, legislative, and pastoral
aspects of human migration
and refugee movements.
Fordham University School of Law was founded in 1905 and its
15,000 living alumni
practice in 49 states and 35 countries worldwide. The schools
nationally recognized
Clinical Program Interest Resource Center protects and advances
immigration advocacy efforts through their Immigration Rights
Clinic and Immigration Advocacy Project.
Conference Speakers
Following a 28-year policy, each session will include
international and national experts
from a range of international agencies, government offices,
legal practices and law schools, the social sciences, and
voluntary agencies.
Conference Format
The general session will consist of presentations followed by a
significant block of time
for audience questions to panel members.
At the Monday Evening Reception, participants will meet scholars
and policymakers prominent in the migration field.
Participants
Participants will have ample time for questions and answers
after each session and for exchanging views during coffee
breaks, luncheon and evening reception. There will be
opportunities to interact with speakers and key policymakers at
this unique international event.
Who Should Attend?
Immigration Lawyers - Program Managers
Immigrant and Refugee Leaders - Caseworkers - Paralegals
Government Personnel - State and Local Government Officials
Voluntary Agency Representatives - Academicians - Students
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Conference Program
29TH
NATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE
ON IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY
The Center for Migration Studies
(CMS) in collaboration
with Fordham University School of Law
The Fordham University School of
Law
New York, New York
March 13-14, 2006
Future Shock: Perspectives
on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
PROGRAM
<<Download
Conference Program>>
(Please note
that the program will take place in the McNally Amphitheater
of the Fordham Law School unless otherwise noted.)
Monday, March 13, 2006
7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Final Registration
8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Welcome: Rev. Joseph
Fugolo (c.s.)
Session I
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Update from the Front Lines of Immigration Law and Practice
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Developments in USCIS Adjudications
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A Year of PERM
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Visa Backlogs and Retrogresssion
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Reform Provisions Impacting Business
Immigration
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Fragomen, Del Rey,
Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
(Moderator)
David Grunblatt,
Proskauer Rose, LLP
Deborah Notkin, Barst & Mukamal, LLP
Session II
10:00 11:15 a.m.
Controlling Our Borders
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Impact of New Visa and Passport Requirements on
Travel
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Update on US VISIT and Other Mechanisms to
Control the Borders
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How Legislative Proposals Would Impact Border
Control
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Agency Implementation Concerns
Michael D.
Patrick, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
(Moderator)
Theresa Brown, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ted J. Chiappari, Satterlee, Stephens, Burke & Burke, LLP
Jeffrey Gorsky, U.S. Department of State
Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
<<<--- Break--->>>
11:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
Session III
11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Interior and Workplace
Enforcement
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Current Developments in I-9 and Other Workplace
Enforcement
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Impact of REAL ID and Other Recent Developments
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Impact on Legislation
Jennifer
Gordon, Fordham University School of Law
(Moderator)
Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO
Daniel Brown, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Scott J. Fitzgerald, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute For Policy Research
Margaret Klessig, Office of Congressman Jeff Flake
<<<<---- Luncheon Program--->>>
12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
(The luncheon will take place in the 12th
Floor Lounge
of the Lowenstein Center at Fordham University.)
Lunch Speaker: Ms. Kelly Ryan, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State
Session IV
2:00 p.m. 3:15 p.m.
Temporary Worker Programs
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The Current H-2B Program: A Temporary Solution?
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Legislative Proposals
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The Role of a Labor Market Test: Thinking
Beyond the Current Labor Certification Program
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Essential Workers: Characteristics that Make
Foreign National Workers Needed or Desirable Static or
Changing Criteria?
Laura
Reiff, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
(Moderator)
Randel Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Lynden D. Melmed, Staff of Senator John Cornyn
Harry Sheinfeld, U.S. Department of Labor
<<<---Break--->>>
3:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Session V
3:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Amnesty or Not?
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Amnesty or Not?
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Earned Permanent Residence for Whom?
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Report to Deport?
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Demographics of the Undocumented or Out of
Status
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USCIS Readiness to Implement a New Program
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Lessons from the 1980s
Thomas Shea, Catholic Legal Immigration
Network, Inc.
(Moderator)
Carlos Iturregui, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
William Seltzer, Fordham University, Department of Sociology &
Anthropology
Angela Kelly, The National Immigration Forum
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Session VI
9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
The Global Perspective
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Trends in the International Movement of
Personnel
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Using Treaties to Facilitate Personnel
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Per Country Obstacles to Growth: Is the US the
Worst?
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Regional Agreements
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Report on the Global Commission on
International Migration
Lynn Shotwell, American Council on International
Personnel
(Moderator)
Joseph Chamie, Center for Migration Studies
Kent Shigetomi, U.S. Trade Representative
William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council
Ellen G. Yost, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
<<<---Break--->
10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
Session VII
10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Whither the Tired, Poor and
Huddled Masses?
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Impact of Legislation on Asylum and Removal
Policy
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More on REAL ID Implementation
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USA PATRIOT Act Update: Continuing Issues
Gemma Solimene, Fordham Law School
(Moderator)
Deborah Anker, Harvard University School of Law
Lucas Guttentag, American Civil Liberties Union
Mark Hetfield, U.S. Commission on International Religious
Freedom
Donald Kerwin, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
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29th ANNUAL NATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE
ON IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY
The Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
March 13-14, 2006
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