22nd Immigration Law & Policy Conference
 
 

22nd ANNUAL IMMIGRATION LAW
AND POLICY CONFERENCE

October 9, 2025
Virtual tickets available!
In-person tickets are sold out

 

This year's Immigration Law and Policy Conference, organized by the Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the Georgetown University Law Center, will be on Thursday, Oct. 9.

The conference will be livestreamed for virtual attendees. See the full agenda here. 

The conference will feature thoughtful policy and legal analysis and discussion of some of the most important immigration issues that have surfaced in the U.S. policy debate, bringing together leading experts, policymakers, attorneys, advocates, and more.

 

This year's sessions include:

State of Play: Mass Deportation Campaign Hits the U.S. Economy, Communities, and Public Opinion

Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Speakers:  Adrian Carrasquillo, Reporter and Columnist, The xxxxxx
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum; former Chief Economist, U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Erika Lee, Bae Family Professor of History and Faculty Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University
Clifford Young, Chair, Public Affairs and Strategic Insights, Ipsos; Visiting Professor, Political Science, Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service

 

 

Expanding Access: Scaling Immigration Legal Services for Communities and the Nation

Moderator:  Anna Gallagher, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)

Speakers:   Jojo Annobil, CEO, Immigrant Justice Corps
Luis Guerra, Director of Field Engagement, CLINIC
Homero López, Legal Director, Immigration Services & Legal Advocacy, New Orleans, LA

 

 

A New Era: Immigration Enforcement Above All Else

Moderator: Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, MPI

Speakers:  Hamed Aleaziz, Reporter, The New York Times
Tanya Broder, Senior Counsel, Health and Economic Justice Policy, National Immigration Law Center 
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former Chief of Police, Seattle, WA and Buffalo, NY
Harold Medina​, Chief of Police, Albuquerque, NM; President, Major Cities Chiefs Association

 

 

 

A Keynote Conversation with Fareed Zakaria

Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, MPI

Speaker: Fareed Zakaria, Host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN; Columnist, The Washington Post; and author of Age of Revolutions

 

Do the Courts Matter? The Trump Administration Tests the Limits of Immigration Law

Moderator: Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Professor from Practice and Faculty Director, Human Rights Institute and Center for Applied Legal Studies, Georgetown Law

Speakers:  Breanne Deppisch, National Politics Reporter, Fox News Digital
Omar Jadwat, Director, Immigrant’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union 
Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

 

 

 

Register now for virtual attendance.  In-person tickets are sold out. 

Complimentary registration is offered to accredited journalists. Media seeking registration should contact Jeremy Weitz at [email protected].

If you are a Georgetown student wishing to register, please email [email protected]. Limited in-person complimentary registration is available to Georgetown students using their student email and a valid student ID. Complimentary registration does not include lunch.

Email [email protected] with any questions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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