The Migration Policy Institute and Wilson Center's Mexico Institute invite you to the webcast:
Immigration & U.S.-Mexico Border Policies in a Time of COVID-19: A Conversation with Members of Congress
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Date & Time: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020, 4:00 P.M. ET (New York, DC) / 3:00 P.M. CT (Mexico City, Houston) /
2:00 P.M. MT (Denver, El Paso) / 1:00 P.M. PT (Los Angeles)
SPEAKERS
*Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
*Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Ranking Member of its Oversight, Management, and Accountability Subcommittee
OPENING REMARKS: Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center
MODERATOR: Andrew Selee, President, Migration Policy Institute
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As the U.S. government has implemented a raft of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, a significant number have been in the immigration arena, touching in particular on the U.S.-Mexico border. The Mexican and U.S. administrations agreed to halt nonessential travel across the border, slowing activity across a closely interconnected and vibrant regional economy. The Trump administration also has taken a number of unprecedented measures, drawing on powers given to the Surgeon General in 1944 to block the entry of foreign nationals deemed possible health risks. As a result, border officials have expelled more than 10,000 unauthorized migrants and asylum seekers through an expedited process and largely ended access to asylum during the crisis.
In a bipartisan discussion organized by the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and the Migration Policy Institute, two border-state members of Congress -- Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso and Rep. Dan Crenshaw of suburban Houston -- will discuss the response to the coronavirus outbreak, how it is affecting the border region, and what the future might hold.
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