Friday, February 24, 2023 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC

Conference Recording

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TIMES ARE ALL EASTERN STANDARD

8:30 AM

Continental Networking Breakfast

Fourth Estate Room at the National Press Club

9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Panel I – BORDER CRISIS AND ASYLUM REFORM: RHETORIC OR REALITY?

Moderator-Stephen Yale-Loehr

Speakers:

Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute

Kristie De Peña, Niskanen Center

Glenn Hamer, Texas Association of Business

Matthew Johnson, Klein/Johnson Group

Rebecca Tallent, National Immigration Forum; former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain and adviser to House Speaker John Boehner

10:45 AM – NOON

Panel II – WORKER SHORTAGES: IS IMMIGRATION A PARTIAL SOLUTION?

Moderator- Randel Johnson

Speakers:

Jon Baselice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Josh Bernstein, SEIU

Scott Corley, Compete America

Giev Kashkooli, United Farm Workers

Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort

Amy Nice, Immigration Law and Policy Expert

NOON – 1:15 PM

Lunch and Keynote Address – Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin

1:30 – 2:45 PM

Panel III – DREAMERS AND THE UNDOCUMENTED: WHAT’S NEXT?

Moderator- Charles Kamasaki

Speakers:

Theresa Cardinal Brown, Bipartisan Policy Center

Galen Carey, National Association of Evangelicals

Jennie Murray, National Immigration Forum

Gaby Pacheco, TheDream.US

Rebecca Shi, American Business Immigration Coalition

2:45 PM

Closing Remarks

3:00- 4:00 PM

Networking Reception in the Winners Room

The conference is sponsored by the Cornell Law School Immigration Law and Policy Research Program and cosponsored by the Cornell Migrations Initiative.

The conference is funded through the generosity of the Charles Koch Foundation.