Border Patrols: The Legal,
Racial, Social and Economic Implications of United States
Immigration Policy
From the time of our nation’s founding, immigration has been
crucial to the growth of the United States, yet also a source of
conflict. While there has been no significant movement toward
federal immigration reform to address unauthorized immigration
since 1996, there has been a wave of controversial legislation at
the state level, most notably with the passage of statutes in
Arizona and Alabama that have authorized state officials to enforce
immigration laws.The federal government has been paralyzed in
enacting immigration reform. Those opposed to a pathway for legal
status for unauthorized immigrants express moral outrage about
unauthorized immigrants breaking the law, job competition, wage
pressures, the perceived social costs of unauthorized immigrants,
and border security. Proponents of a pathway to legal status, on
the other hand, argue that there should be justice for individuals
who have been members of their communities for decades and focus on
the contributions that unauthorized immigrants have made to U.S.
growth and prosperity.This symposium provides a multi-disciplinary
exploration of these issues that is thoughtful, intellectually
rigorous, and provocative.
Host Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development
Co-Sponsors: St. John’s University Committee for Latin
American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
St. John's School of Law Education Law Society
Date Friday, March 16, 2012
Time 8 a.m. – 7 p.m
.Location St. John’s School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway Queens,
NY 11439
Symposium Agenda
8-8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9 a.m. Welcome
Michael A. Simons Dean and John V. Brennan Professor of Law and
Ethics St. John’s School of Law Aaron Barham ‘12 Symposium
Editor,
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development St. John’s
School of Law
Remarks:Alina Camacho-Gingerich, Ph.D.Chair, CLACS St. John’s
University
9 -10:20 a.m. The Landscape of U.S. Immigration Panelists will
explain how immigration has changed the demographics of the U.S.
and examine the laws, processes, and social factors that affect
immigrants.
Moderator: Dr. Alina Camacho-Gingerich, Professor, Languages
& Literature, Chair, Committee for Latin American &
Caribbean Studies (CLACS), St. John’s University
Dr. Natalie Byfield, Professor of Sociology, St. John’s
University
Dr. Clover Hall, Vice President, Institutional Research and
Academic Planning, St. John’s University
Dr. Rafael Art. Javier, Professor of Psychology, St. John’s
University
Shanna Lorenz, Professor of Music, Occidental College
Anna W. Shavers, Professor of Law, University of Nebraska School
of Law
10:30 -10:50 a.m.Featured Speaker Ira Mehlman Media Director
Federation for American Immigration Reform
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Politics and Immigration Reform
Panelists will discuss how different presidential
administrations have approached immigrationlaw enforcement and will
evaluate the likelihood for bipartisan immigration reform.
Moderator: Janai Nelson, Associate Professor of Law, Associate
Director, The Ronald H.Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development, St. John’s School of Law
Katherine L. Vaughns, Professor of Law, University of Maryland
School of Law
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Professor of Law, Capital
University Law School
Dr. Frank Le Veness, Professor of Government and Politics, St.
John’s University
Mrs. Vivian Vescovacci, Department Chair Secretary of Languages
and Literatures, St.John’s University
Michelle R. Slack, Professor of Law, University of Oregon School
of Law
12:20.-1:30p.m.Lunch
Luncheon Speaker: TBD
1:40.-3 p.m. The Role of State and Local Government in
Immigration Enforcement
Panelists will analyze and evaluate the constitutionality of
recent state immigration laws.
Moderator: Marc O. DeGirolami, Assistant Professor of Law, St.
John’s School of Law
Patrick J. Charles, Historian, U.S. Air Force, Legal Analyst,
Immigration Reform Law Institute
Huyen Pham, Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School
of Law
Liliana C. Yanez, Clinical Professor, CUNY School of Law
Maureen Sweeney, Clinical Professor, University of Maryland
School of Law
Dr. Saby Ghoshray, Vice President for Development and
Compliance, World ComplianceCompany
3:10.- 3:30 p.m
Featured Speaker: Michael Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished
Chair of Law,The Universityof Houston Law Center
3:45-5 p.m.Immigration and Individual Rights
Panelists will discuss topics revolving around individual and
constitutional rights of immigrants such as immigrant students’
rights, immigration detention reform, and immigration of
LGBTcouples under U.S. immigration law.
Moderator: Rosemary Salomone, Kenneth Wang Professor of Law, St.
John’s School of Law
Mark Noferi, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Dr. Yvonne Pratt Johnson, Professor of Human Services and
Counseling, St. John’sUniversity
Scott Titshaw, Professor of Law, Mercer University School of
Law
Dr. Roberta Villalon,Professor, St. John’s University
5:10 pm.-6:20 p.m
.Immigration and the Economy
Panelists will discuss the legal, economic and financial impact
of unauthorized immigration.
Moderator: Leonard M. Baynes, Professor of Law and Director the
Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development,
St. John’s School of Law
Nora V. Demleitner, Dean and Professor of Law, Hofstra Law
School
Nicholas Espiritu, Staff Attorney, MALDEF
Michele Waslin, Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Policy
Center
Madeline Zavodny, Professor of Economics, Agnes Scott
College
Angelo Pappareli, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
6:30.-7:30 p.m.
Reception Continuing Legal Education (CLE)The full-day
Symposium qualifies for 7.5 non-transitional CLE credit hours. No
partial creditwill be awarded. The CLE fee is $175. Hardship
tuition reduction is available. Please complete and return the CLE
Payment Form.
More InformationAaron Barham Research and Symposium Editor
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
St. John’s School of Law
AaronBarhamJCRED@gmail.com
(718)
990-6074