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• The Culture of “NO”
  • How It Developed
  • How to Get Away from It?
• Linking of Security and Immigration—Should They Be Linked?
• Discussion of Current Legislation

Faculty:
Stephen Yale-Loehr (d.l.), Ithaca, NY; Stephen K. Fischel, Alexandria, VA; Margaret D. Stock, West Point, NY

CD #3 & CD #4
DUE PROCESS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW: WORKING TO CREATE A FAIR SYSTEM

• Immigration Courts: A Current Assessment and What the Future Holds
• BIA Streamlining
• Loss of Federal Review

Faculty:
Karen T. Grisez (d.l.), Washington, DC; Deborah Anker, Boston, MA; Lee Gelernt, ACLU, New York, NY; Nadine Wettstein, AILF Legal Action Center, Washington, DC
 

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CD #5
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE: WHAT'S HAPPENED, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED
Faculty:
Benjamin E. Johnson (d.l.), Director, IPC, AILF, Washington, DC; Marshall Fitz, AILA Director of Advocacy, Washington, DC; John Gay, Co-Chair, Essential Worker Immigrant Coalition, Washington, DC; Randy Johnson, Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC; Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union, Los Angeles, CA; Frank Sharry, Executive Director, National Immigration Forum,
Washington, DC

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• Implementation of the Rice-Chertoff Initiative (RCI) With Respect to Database Correction for Citizens and Non-Citizens
• What To Do When You Have a Name Check Hit
  • Who Handles and How Long?
• Watch List
  • What Information Is On It?
  • How Did it Get There?
  • Can You FOIA It?
  • How Do You Get Off?
  • Which Agency is Ultimately Responsible?

Faculty:
Liam Schwartz (d.l.), Ramat Gan, Israel; Kathleen C. Walker, AILA President Elect, El Paso, TX; James Pritchett, Acting Managing Director, Visa Office, Department of State, Washington, DC; Paul Morris, Executive Director, Admissibility Requirements and Migration
Control, Office of Field Operations, CBP, Washington, DC
 

CD #8
CASE APPROVED -- BUT OOPS -- WAIVER NEEDED!

Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Waivers for Both Business and Family

• Who Actually Needs a Waiver
• Steps for Processing a Waiver from Abroad
• Steps for Processing a Waiver in the US
• Current Trends and Updates

Faculty:
Jodi Goodwin (d.l.), Harlingen, TX; Avi Friedman, Pacific Palisades, CA; Paul Morris, Executive Director, Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control, Office of Field Operations, CBP, Washington, DC

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• Detailed Review of Frequent Fact Patterns Practitioners Face With Their Clients and Discussion Among Panelists of How to Advise and/or Correct to Maintain Client’s Status in Light of Today’s Retrogression and Processing Delays
• How the CSPA Helps/Does Not Help With Delays
• Anticipated Changes in Law That Will Help/Hinder

Faculty:
Susan M. MacLean (d.l.), AILA Department of Labor Liaison Committee Chair, Chicago, IL; Jeff Joseph, AILA Board of Governors, Denver, CO; Eleanor Pelta, AILA Secretary, Washington, DC; Robert S. White, Schaumburg, IL
 

CD #11
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
Faculty:
Esther Olavarria, General Counsel, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Washington, DC

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• Latest Advice on Assistance With USCIS
• Cases That Need Assistance at DOL
• Cases Pending at US Consul Posts
• Congressional and AILA Liaison Assistance

Faculty:
David Grunblatt (d.l.), Vermont Service Center Liaison Committee Chair, Newark, NJ; Robert P. Deasy, AILA Director of Liaison and Information, Washington, DC; James W. Austin, AILA National Benefits Center Liaison Committee Chair, Kansas City, MO; Turid L. Owren, AILA Nebraska Service Center Liaison Committee Chair, Portland, OR; Ellen Gallagher, Special Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel, USCIS, Washington, DC; June Kunsman, Managing Director, VO, DOS, Washington, DC Judy McCary, Offices of Representative Frank Wolf, McLean, VA
 

CD #13
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS--LITIGATION OPTIONS

• Mandamus Actions -- When is This the Best Option?
  • Procedures
  • Updates
• Did REAL ID Affect the Court’s Jurisdiction?
• Is it Possible to Sue a Consulate?
• When Can I Go to Court? Exhausting Administrative Remedies

Faculty:
Peter L. Ashman (d.l.), Program Chair, Las Vegas, NV; David W. Leopold, AILA Treasurer, Cleveland, OH; Robert A. Mautino, San Diego, CA; Beth Werlin, Litigation Clearinghouse Attorney, LAC, AILF, Washington, DC

All CDs © 2006 American Immigration Lawyers Association