11
December 2014
Past Event
Immigration After Executive Action: A Symposium on Reform

Immigration After Executive Action: A Symposium on Reform

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
December 11, 2014
11
December 2014
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
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John Fonte

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture

Michael Barone

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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Andrew C. McCarthy
Alex Nowrasteh

Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

George F. Will

Columnist, Washington Post

As President Obama pursues executive action to reshape America's immigration system, Hudson Institute will host a symposium of competing views on immigration reform and its compatibility with America’s founding principles, a free market economy, and the evolving needs of modern America.

On Thursday, December 11th, Hudson Institute's John Fonte joined Michael Barone of the American Enterprise Institute, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, Andrew C. McCarthy of the National Review Institute, Alex Nowrasteh of Cato Institute, and George F. Will of the Washington Post to discuss the many facets of immigration reform.

This conference marks the publication of the latest Encounter Broadside," "Open Immigration: Yea & Nay by Alex Nowrasteh and Mark Krikorian, and is jointly sponsored by Encounter Books, the Center for Immigration Studies, and Hudson Institute.

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