Immigration Summit Agenda

October 4th, 2012;
10am – 4pm EST;
Location: Room 106, Dirksen Senate Building, Washington, DC

AGENDA

I. Welcome: 10:00 -10:15am

II. Plenary Session:

1. USCIS: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 10:15am – 10:30am
   Rebecca Carson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
2. ICE: What’s changed in immigration enforcement and detention reform? 10:30am – 10:45am
   Gary Mead, Director, ICE
3. Has the political environment changed to allow Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
   • A perspective from the Administration: 10:45am – 11:00am
     Felicia Escobar, Immigration Policy Advisor, Domestic Policy Council, The White House
   • Making the Economic Case 11:00am – 11:45am
     i. Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA) (tentative)
     ii. Jeremy Robbins, Partnership for a New American Economy
     iii. Kristian Ramos, NDN & New Policy Institute
   • What Advocacy Strategies can we Implement or Develop to move Immigration Reform? 11:45 am – 12:15pm
     i. Don Lyster, Director, D.C. Office, National Immigration Law Center
     ii. Lorella Praeli, United we Dream
     iii. Angela Arboleda, Senior Policy Advisor for Hispanic and Asian Affairs
     Office of the Senate Majority Leader Reid

BREAK FOR LUNCH 12:30pm – 1:30pm

III. LULAC Presidential Address 1:30pm -1:40pm
LULAC National President Margaret Moran will highlight LULAC’s Policy Priorities as they relate to immigration reform

IV. Breakout sessions: 1:45pm – 3:15pm

Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by the policy issue areas below and by addressing these we will be better able to address the myriad of inequities faced by minority populations in the U.S. Policy leaders and community advocates will be divided into breakout sessions based on their expertise where they will have an opportunity to engage in a robust dialogue and develop three (3) recommendations, and strategies to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.

1. Comprehensive Immigration Reform:
2. Health:
3. AG Jobs & Labor
   Co-moderator Adrienne DerVartanian, Director of Immigration and Labor Rights, Farmworker Justice:
4. Education/DREAM Act
   Co-moderator Angela Kelley, Vice President, Center for American Progress
5. Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking
   Co-moderator Rosie Hidalgo, Director of Public Policy, Casa de Esperanza
6. Economic Impact

IV. Recommendations for moving forward: Next Steps 3:15pm – 3:45pm
LULAC will utilize recommendations outlined within the Immigration Summit breakout sessions to produce an action plan; a blue print for achieving Comprehensive Immigration Reform

V. Closing 3:45pm – 3:50pm