On Tuesday, June 6, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) hosted a webinar and discussion on its latest paper entitled, The US Immigration Courts, Dumping Ground for the Nation’s Systemic Immigration Failures: The Causes, Composition, and Politically Difficult Solutions to the Court Backlog, by Donald Kerwin and Evin Millet.
Experts on the immigration court system highlighted the systemic problems in the US immigration system that have caused and sustained the backlog, and offered recommendations for reversing the backlog.
Speakers included:
-Donald Kerwin, former executive director of CMS and editor of the Journal of Migration and Human Security
-Mimi Tsankov, President, National Association of Immigration Judges and member, Expert Advisory Group
-Richard A. Boswell, Professor of Law, UC College of Law, San Francisco, and member, Expert Advisory Group
As well as additional members of the Expert Advisory Group:
-Gregory Chen, Senior Director of Government Relations, American Immigration Lawyers Association
-Anna Gallagher, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
-Karen T. Grisez, Pro Bono Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobsen, LLP
-Hon. Dana Leigh Marks (retired), President Emerita, National Association of Immigration Judges (in her personal capacity)
-Michele Pistone, Professor of Law, Villanova University
-Andrew Schoenholtz, Professor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center
-Charles Wheeler, Senior Attorney/Director Emeritus, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Read and download the entire paper for free at: [ Ссылка ]
