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WELCOME AND GREETINGS
Sharon R. Mehlman, Conference Program Chair, USCIS Liaison Committee Chair, San Diego, CA
Keynote Speaker
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

USCIS—A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON BENEFITS AND ADJUDICATIONS

• Hot Topics

• USCIS HQ updates—Regulations, Policy, Decisions

• NCSC (National Customer Service Center) Updates 

• FDNS (Fraud Detection and National Security Division) and Site Visits 

Faculty:
Sharon R. Mehlman (dl), Conference Program Chair, USCIS Liaison Committee Chair, San Diego, CA; Alexis S. Axelrad, USCIS Service Centers Operations Committee Chair, New York, NY; Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC; Roxana Bacon, Chief Counsel, USCIS, Washington, DC; Barbara Q. Velarde, Chief, Service Center Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC; Donald Crocetti, Chief, Fraud Detection and National Security Office, USCIS, Washington, DC

DOS -- STATUS AND FUNCTIOSN OF THE VISA OFFICE, THE NVC, THE KCC, AND THE WAIVER REVEIW DIVISION

• Visa Office

• National Visa Center

• Kentucky Consular Center

• Waiver Review Office

• Coordination of DOS with DHS on Visa Policy

• Hot Topics

Faculty:
Palma R. Yanni (dl), DOS Liaison Committee Chair, AILA Past President, Washington, DC; Jerome G. Grzeca, DOS Liaison Committee Vice-Chair, AILA Board of Governors, Milwaukee, WI; Vincent Beirne, Deputy Director, Office of Legislation, Regulations and Advisory Assistance, Visa Office Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; Sandra Shipshock, Senior Advisor, Visa Office Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; Andrew Hayden, Operational Excellence Manager, Serco, Inc., National Visa Center, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC

DOL -- MUTUAL INTERESTS IN PROBLEM SOLVING AND EFFICIENT SYSTEMS PROCESSING

• LCAs and iCERT System

• PERM During a Period of High Unemployment

• Processing/Timing Issues, Audits, Supervised Recruitment

• How New Policies Are Implemented through Adjudications

• Implementation of the PERM/LCA Portal

Faculty:
Catherine L. Haight (dl), DOL Liaison Committee Chair, Los Angeles, CA; Jeanne Malitz, DOL Liaison Committee Vice-Chair, San Diego, CA; William Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, ETA, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Elissa M. McGovern, Chief of the Policy Division, Office of Foreign Labor  Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Brian Pasternak, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC

CBP -- UPDATE ON THE BALANCING ACT OF SECURITY AND FACILITATION

• The Issue of Redress and Data Correction -- TRIP OIG Report, PLOR, ESTA

• Criminal Convictions and the Returning LPR

• WHTI and the Undocumented U.S. Citizen

• The Future of Exit Control, US-VISIT, and the Elusive I-94 Return

• Expedited Removal, Withdrawal of Application for Admission and the Northern Border

• Waivers and the ARO

Faculty:
Kathleen Campbell Walker (dl), CBP Liaison Committee Chair, AILA General Counsel, El Paso, TX; Andrew Stevenson, CBP Liaison Committee Member, Santa Monica, CA; Timothy Goyer, Executive Director, Admissibility and Passenger Programs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; Thomas Winkowski, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; Michael D. Olszak, Director, Admissibility Review Office, Admissibility Requirements & Migration Control Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC

ICE ENFORCEMENT -- A WINDER LANDSCAPE OR A SPRING THAW?

• Detention Reform?

• An Update on Progress and Changes in Worksite Enforcement

• §287(g) Prosecutorial Discretion

• Medical Care in Detention

Faculty:
Cheryl David (dl), ICE Liaison Committee Chair, AILA Board of Governors, New York, NY; Howard Silverman, ICE Liaison Committee Vice-Chair, Boston, MA; James C. Spero, Deputy Assistant Director, Critical Infrastructure and Fraud Division,, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington, DC; Phyllis Coven, Acting Director, Office of Detention Policy and Planning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington, DC; Peter S. Vincent, Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington, DC; Barry O'Melinn, Deputy Principal Legal Advisor, ICE, DHS, Washington, DC

EOIR -- LEVELING THE PAYING FIELD AND THE NEW ORDER OF DOING BUSINESS

• I-130 Appeals—Getting Out of the Abyss

• Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims/Matter of Compean

• Attorney Discipline and Judicial Misconduct Complaints

• BIA Stays—Getting One on File Before Your Client Is Deported

Faculty:
Amy L. Peck (dl), EOIR Liaison Committee Chair, AILA Board of Governors, Omaha, NE; Maria T. Baldini-Potermin, EOIR Liaison Committee Vice-Chair, Chicago, IL; David L. Neal, Acting Chairman, Board of Immigration Appeals, EOIR, Falls Church, VA; Brian M. O’Leary, Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR, Falls Church, VA; MaryBeth Keller, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR, Falls Church, VA; Thomas G. Snow, Acting Director, EOIR, Falls Church, VA; Robin M. Stutman, General Counsel, EOIR, Falls Church, VA