Immigration, Family Separation, Detention, and Beyond: Where is the U.S. Heading?

Join the International and Comparative Law Program as they host a roundtable on immigration in the United States. The roundtable will discuss current issues related to the enforcement of immigration laws in the United States. The panelists will shed light on recent matters that have attracted significant media coverage, such as family separation policies, the practice of detaining families seeking asylum, and the plan advanced by the Trump Administration affecting immigrants seeking welfare benefits. The roundtable will discuss the domestic law implications of these issues, as well as their international law repercussions.

Speakers

• Alberto Benitez, Director of Immigration Law Clinic, GW Law
• Michelle Brané, Director, Migrant Rights and Justice Program, Women’s Refugee Commission
• Royce Murray, Policy Director, American Immigration Council  

• Paulina Vera, Supervisory Attorney, Immigration Law Clinic, GW Law

Moderator

• Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Burnett Family Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy, GW Law