Event Recap
Immediately after the election in November, the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) released a report presenting 40 recommendations for immigration policy reform. In the first week of his Administration, President Biden signed a number of Executive Orders, reversing many of the more drastic immigration policies put in place during the Trump Administration. What policies were reversed, and what impact will those reversals have on immigration policy moving forward? What more could be done to reform the US immigration system?
On February 4, 2021, the Zolberg Institute and CMS were joined by leading experts and scholars on US immigration policy in discussion of the 40 recommendations, what the new Administration has done to date, and what actions remain.
Panelists
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, University Professor, The New School
T. Alexander Aleinikoff is University Professor, and has served as Director of the Zolberg Institute since January 2017.
Moderator
Deborah Amos
International Correspondent, National Public Radio
Deborah Amos covers the Middle East for NPR News. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. Deb co-hosted Entry Denied, a 9-episode special series from the Tempest Tossed podcast, taking a deep dive into Trump's immigration policies.
Donald M. Kerwin, Jr.
Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies
Donald M. Kerwin, Jr. has directed the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) since September 2011. Mr. Kerwin writes and speaks extensively on immigration policy, refugee protection, access to justice, national security, and other issues.
Daniel E. Martínez
Associate Professor, School of Sociology, University of Arizona
Dr. Martínez's research and teaching interests include race and ethnicity, unauthorized immigration, and criminology. He is particularly interested in the social and legal criminalization of unauthorized migration. Dr. Martínez has also conducted extensive research on deportations and undocumented border crosser deaths along the US-Mexico border.
Melanie Nezer
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Melanie Nezer is HIAS' Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, responsible for planning, directing, managing and implementing strategies that successfully represent and connect HIAS externally, and optimize its impact. She oversees the departments of Communications, Community Engagement, Development, and Policy and Advocacy.
Cristina Rodríguez
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Cristina Rodríguez is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her research interests include constitutional law and theory; immigration law and policy; administrative law and process; language rights and policy; and citizenship theory.
Presented by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School and the Center for Migration Studies of New York.