Issues are still with us today. President jimmy carter signed the refugees act which raised the ceiling for refugees allowed in america. Held at the jimmy carter president ial library and museum in atlanta, this is an hour and a half. I want to lets get started again. Were going to start with our first panel. I will introduce the moderator, then she will introduce the panelists. Honored to introduce monica stadke. Shes with the raven group. I know monica from her time on the Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee where she focused on immigration and refugees issues. Also i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda resettled to new orleans by hias, my organization. So with that, monica . Thank you very much. And thank you for being here. Thank you to mark for putting on this wonderful event. As mark said, my father was resettled by hias in 1972. So i have a very personal connection. As counsel on the House Judiciary Committee, i worked closely on refug
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Bipartisan Policy Center and to our event this morning about positive solutions to the Central American crisis. First and foremost, you know, weve heard about the Bipartisan Policy Center and the immigration project. The Bipartisan Policy Center exists to bring in ideas from both sides of the political aisle to be able to address countries challenges. The immigration process seeks to do this in a whole host of different ways and i think this event is very much in line with the work weve been doing on convening individuals, ideas, and Different Actors to the immigration challenges that this country faces. The genesis of this event was in a report that was just put out that has policy solutions to addressing the crisis. You know, what we were thinking was how can we come up with a very proactive, pragmatic and comprehensive solution to whats happening at the southern border, but not only the southern border, but throughout the rest of the region .
Panel. I will introduce the moderator and she will introduce the panelist. I will introduce to you monica, monica is currently with a nationally known expert on Immigration Law and policy. I know monica from her time on the judiciary committee, the House Judiciary Committee. She focused on immigration and refugee issues. Also, i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda, resettled to new orleans by my organization. Without, monica thank you so much for being here. Thank you for putting on this wonderful event. As you said my father was resettled in 1972 so i have a personal connection. I worked very closely on refugee policy and i have been an immigrant space for a while it is wonderful to be here. Today we want to acknowledge our standup panel and get more into this conversation about the lead up to the refugee act. I really want to take a look at how the refugee act is and take a step back at where we are today and see if there are any lessons we can learn
U. S. Border. Posted by the bipartisan policy center, this portion of the discussion is about an hour and 25 minutes. From the diplomatic side of things, it had been interesting to see the department of Homeland Security take on this role, the department of Homeland Security negotiating u. S. Foreign policy and broader western hemispheric policy. What is the role of dhs here and how do they navigate . Every part of the government has relations with other nations in their area of agreement. When i was at dhs, i was an attache in canada. Agreements are made with countries along the way. Former secretary nielsen was in the process of negotiating Security Cooperation agreements with northern triangle countries before she departed. The acting secretary is continuing that. They are trying to see what level of cooperation, primarily on for security with mexico and guatemala, can the u. S. Or dhs offer them Technical Assistance and support in understanding how best to secure the borders and al
Center, this portion of the discussion is about an hour and 25 minutes. What is the role of dhs and how do they navigate . Part of the government has relations with other nations in their area of agreement. When i was at dhs, i was an antishake in canada attache in canada. Agreements are made with countries along the way. Former secretary nielsen was in the process of negotiating Security Cooperation agreements with northern triangle countries before she departed. The acting secretary is continuing that. They are trying to see what level of cooperation, primarily on for security with mexico and guatemala, can the u. S. Or dhs offer them Technical Assistance and support in understanding how best to secure the borders and also how to improve their immigration institutions . Thats another thing that dhs has expertise that they offer to other countries and was working on. And last but not least, going after criminal and smuggling elements that are facilitating the migration. So thats sort