U.S. Immigration Policy

Conference Call — December 3, 2014 — min

U.S. Immigration Policy

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Edward Alden, CFR’s Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, elucidates President Obama’s executive order for undocumented immigrants in the United States, explaining who will be affected and how, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy and State and Local Officials Conference Call series.

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Edward Alden

Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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