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  REGISTRATION CLOSES TOMORROW,WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 5PM ET!
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 |  | | | | | |    |    |    |  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 xxxxxxDouglas 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
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 |  |  |  | |  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 CorpsLuis Guerra, Director of Field Engagement, CLINIC
 Homero López, Legal Director, Immigration Services & Legal Advocacy, New Orleans, LA
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 |  |  |  | |  A New Era: Immigration Enforcement Above All Else  Moderator: Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, MPI   Speakers:  Hamed Aleaziz, Reporter, The New York TimesTanya Broder, Senior Counsel, Health and Economic Justice Policy, National Immigration Law Center
 Jason P. Houser, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Managing Partner, Red Cedar Partners LLC
 Harold Medina, Chief of Police, Albuquerque, NM; President, Major Cities Chiefs Association
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 |  |  |  | |      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:  Omar Jadwat, Director, Immigrant’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Adam Klasfeld, Editor-in-Chief, All Rise News
 Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
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 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.
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