Migration Policy Institute Event on Historic Transition between INS and Department of Homeland Security

2/25/2003

From: Amy Mehringer of the Migration Policy, 202-266-1910

News Advisory:

Migration Policy Institute (MPI) will hold a seminar to mark the historic transition within the Federal Government as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is retired and its functions become part of the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

WHO: -- Doris Meissner, former commissioner, INS, and senior fellow, MPI -- James Ziglar, former commissioner, INS, and fellow, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University -- David Martin, professor of law, University of Virginia, former general counsel, INS -- Senior official, Department of Homeland Security (invited, not confirmed) -- Bruce Morrison, former chairman, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and International Law, and member, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform -- Lavinia Limon, former director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services, and director, International Institute of Los Angeles -- Michael Fix, director, Immigration Studies, Urban Institute and Jeffrey Passel, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute -- Moderators: Alex Aleinikoff, senior associate, MPI, and professor of law, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University, and Demetrios Papdemetrios, co-director, MPI

WHAT: Discussion on the immigration challenges facing DHS and a look back at the life and times of the INS

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 28 1:30 -- 5:00 p.m. (Reception to follow)

WHERE: 1400 16th Street, N.W. Ground floor conference room

RSVP: Ana Claros at (202) 266-1940 or aclaros@migrationpolicy.org

Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is Washington, D.C.'s leading think-tank dedicated to studying the movement of people worldwide.