Academic Module: U.S. Immigration Policy
Author: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow
July 20, 2010
Featuring teaching notes by Edward Alden, director of this CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, this academic module includes additional resources to supplement the teaching of the text in the classroom. This report warns that the failure to reform dysfunctional immigration laws and procedures threatens to harm the U.S. economy, complicate diplomacy, and weaken national security. It argues that maintaining America's political and economic leadership depends on attracting talented and hard-working immigrants and on securing the country's borders in a smart, effective, and humane way.
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Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Thomas F. McClarty III, President, McLarty Associates; former White House Chief of Staff; Task Force Co-Chair, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Frances Fragos Townsend, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Task Force Member, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration PolicyPresider:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Director, Harvard Immigration and Integration Studies Project, and Adjunct Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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The Closing of the American Border
Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, CFR; Author, The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11, Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session Two
Panelists:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas F. McLarty III, President, McLarty AssociatesModerator:
Hector Tobar, Columnist, Los Angeles TimesThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Academic Modules—featuring teaching notes by the authors of CFR publications—are designed to assist educators in creating or supplementing a course syllabus. The modules are customized packages built around a primary CFR text, such as a book or report, and include teaching notes; additional readings; video, audio, and transcripts of CFR meetings; Foreign Affairs articles; and other online resources. Use of these modules is free of charge. They may be used in part or in their entirety.
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