An offer conversation on immigration begins now. Live from the brooklyn book festival. [inaudible background conversations] good afternoon. And welcome. I maryellen fullerton, i teach law here at Brooklyn Law School and my specialties include Immigration Law and refugee law. Its a particular honor for me to be able to moderate the panel we are here for this afternoon, not my homeland but my home. Before we begin, the book festival has asked me to let everyone in the audience know a couple things. One, the books by the authors in this program will be can be purchased from barnes and nobles outside directly after this program is over and the office will be available to sign the book. Also, dave asked me to let all of us know that remind us at the end that we need to leave promptly so the next channel can come into this room. Turning to our discussion. I like to find out among the panelists and when we get a chance at the end to hear from the audience, id like to find out why we are here.