Immigration Law Section: Breakfast Series – Breakfast from the Border – A Look at Both Practice and Policy in the Current Landscape at the Dawn of a New Administration

This roundtable will discuss policy and practice at the southern border and the challenges what a new administration on the horizon could mean. This is the first in a monthly series of roundtables hosted by the Immigration Law Section.

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About the Speakers

Carlos Castañeda

The son of two Mexican immigrants, Carlos Castañeda is a proud San Antonio boy by birth, and by choice if he had had a say in the matter. He is a Board Certified specialist in immigration law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law with a JD degree and a Master of Laws degree, Carlos has worked for a senior member of the Texas Legislature; in the nonprofit world at RAICES (the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), the largest non-profit focused on immigration law in Texas; and later in  private practice. He has worked on all aspects of immigration law, ranging from family-based and employment-based immigration cases to removal cases before the immigration courts. In addition to his attorney work, Carlos has also been a recurring guest on national radio programs and local Spanish-language television stations.

Todd Miller

Todd Miller has researched and written about border issues for more than 15 years, the last eight as an independent journalist and writer. He resides in Tucson, Arizona, but also has spent many years living and working in Oaxaca, Mexico. His work has appeared in the New York Times, TomDispatch, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, and Al Jazeera English, among other places.

Miller has authored three books:  Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (Verso, 2019),  Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), and Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014).

He’s a contributing editor on border and immigration issues for NACLA Report on the Americas and its column “Border Wars”.”

Registration

Registration for this event will close Monday, January 11 at 2 PM ET. 

• FBA Member – $0
• Nonmember – $75

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