Reves Center for International Studies Events

Location

Law School
613 S Henry St
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location

Please join De Vecino a Vecino, W&M Law's Immigration Law and Service Organization, on November 1st for our immigration reform symposium held at the Law School building. There will be attorneys, professors, a judge, a politician, chief counsel from the Department of Homeland Security, and our keynote who is the first undocumented attorney in our nation--Sergio Garcia, to provide a complete picture on the current state of immigration and how it might be effected by reform. Topics to discuss will include: border security and enforcement, the economy, pathway to legalization, changes in American values in the family-based system, and workplace demands in the employment-based system.

Co-Hosted by: ACS, ILS, IBLR:SD and BLSA
Sponsored by: The Dyer Immigration Law Group and the Law Office of Regina Y. Kane

Speakers in addition to our keynote:

- Retired Immigration Judge Joan Churchill
- Professor Doug Ford of UVA Law
- Attorney Jim Tom Haynes
- Lauren Vogt, Attorney and founder of De Vecino
- Patrick Shen, Former Bush Appointed Policy and Planning Director of ICE, and Chief Immigration Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, current attorney at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
- Professor Banks of William & Mary Law

Breakfast at 10:00 AM
Keynote Speech (Sergio Garcia) at 11:00 AM
Panel 1 focusing on Enforcement at 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Panel 2 focusing on Entry at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Speech at 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Mixer for participants and speakers at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Thank you!

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Contact

devecino@gmail.com