On April 9th, The James A. Baker III for Public Policy had a Conference on the Future of Immigration. Leading U.S. immigration experts, public policy scholars and political figures debated issues and solutions to crucial questions surrounding comprehensive immigration reform. Linda Vega also attended the event. Here are some of the pictures and the video.

Conference Working Papers
“The Immigration Debate in Texas” — Tony Payan, Ph.D., Baker Institute Scholar for Immigration and Border Studies
“Immigration Policy and Partisan Politics in the State Legislatures: 2010-2012” — Mark P. Jones, Ph.D., Baker Institute; Benjamin Chou, Baker Institute
- “U.S. Newspapers and the Immigration Debate” — Erika de la Garza, Baker Institute;Patricia Gras, Gras Productions LLC; Arianna Hatchett, Baker Institute
“Immigration Policies Hurt Families More Than They Help” — Leisy Abrego, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; Shannon Gleeson, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
“U.S. Immigration, Demography and Citizenship in a Digital Age” — Jason Ackleson, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
“The Costs and Benefits of Immigration Enforcement” — Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
“Latinos, Public Opinion and Immigration Reform” — David L. Leal, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
“U.S. Immigration Reform” — Susan F. Martin, Ph.D., Institute for the Study of International Migration
“Ctrl+Alt+Del: Rebooting Immigration Policies Through Socio-technical Change” —Rodrigo Nieto-Gómez, Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School
“U.S. Immigration Policy in the 21st Century, with Special Reference to Education: Examining the Crossroads of Nativist and Accommodationist Policymaking” — Michael A. Olivas, Ph.D., University of Houston Law Center
“Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market” — Pia M Orrenius, Ph.D., Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Madeline Zavodny, Ph.D., Agnes Scott College
“The Congressional Dynamics of Immigration Reform” — Daniel J. Tichenor, Ph.D., University of Oregon
“Security and United States Immigration Policy: Two American Immigration Security Traditions and an Analytical Framework of National Security and U.S. Immigration Policy” — Robbie J. Totten, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
“Latino Issue Priorities and Political Behavior Across U.S. Contexts” — Ali A. Valenzuela, Ph.D., Princeton University; Sarah K. Stein, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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