National Symposium on Immigration
Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix
November 16, 2006
Sponsors
* The University of Arizona: Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, and the Eller College of Management
* University of Southern California: School of Policy, Planning and Development
* Congressional Quarterly
* The RAND Corporation: Center for Research Immigration Policy
* The Thomas R. Brown Foundations
* The Communications Institute
In association with the Arizona Daily Star and the Arizona Newspaper Association
Faculty
One hundred and thirty Leaders from the public and private sectors and the media participated in the National Symposium on Immigration, Thursday, November 16, 2006, at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.Faculty and panelists included some of the nation’s leading experts on immigration. The Symposium took an objective, nonpartisan look at immigration policy and explored the tradeoffs involved in this contentious issue.
The Symposium illuminated the complexities of immigration in a global economy, present conceptual frameworks for understanding the economic and fiscal impacts of immigration, discussed the politics of immigration reform, and explored constructive policy options available to state legislators in grappling with immigration’s impacts at the state and local level, with a special report on immigrants in Arizona.
A complete report of the Symposium will soon be available on our companion website www.analysisonline.org and through www.communicationsinstitute.org.
Educating the Youth
San Miguel High School students from Tucson expand their
knowledge of immigration issues.
knowledge of immigration issues.
From left to right: Roxanne Garcia, Anais Santiago, Andrea Martinez,
Mike Richards (teacher), Jorge Salgado, James Hayes,
Alma Mejia-Garcia (teacher)
Mike Richards (teacher), Jorge Salgado, James Hayes,
Alma Mejia-Garcia (teacher)
Faculty/Panelists
*Linda Aguirre, Senator (D-Minority Leader), Arizona Senate
*Ken Bennett, Senator (R-Senate President), Arizona Senate
*William Beach, Director, Center for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation
*Judith Gans, Program Manager for Immigration Policy, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
*Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
*Paul Lewis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University
*John Humenik, Publisher and Editor, Arizona Daily Star
*Romano Mazzoli, (D-KY, Ret.), former chairman, House Immigration Committee, author of the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Act
*Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
*Dowell Myers, Professor and Director, Population Dynamics Research Group, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
*Paul Portney, Dean, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
*Pete Rios, Representative, (D-Minority Whip), Arizona House of Representatives
*Michael Sandler, Immigration Reporter, Congressional Quarterly
*Daniel J. Tichenor, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
* Steve Tulley, Representative, (R-Majority Leader), Arizona House of Representatives
*Georges Vernaz, Director, Center for Research on Immigration Policy, RAND Corporation
*Dean Yang,Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
*Ken Bennett, Senator (R-Senate President), Arizona Senate
*William Beach, Director, Center for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation
*Judith Gans, Program Manager for Immigration Policy, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
*Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
*Paul Lewis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University
*John Humenik, Publisher and Editor, Arizona Daily Star
*Romano Mazzoli, (D-KY, Ret.), former chairman, House Immigration Committee, author of the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Act
*Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
*Dowell Myers, Professor and Director, Population Dynamics Research Group, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
*Paul Portney, Dean, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
*Pete Rios, Representative, (D-Minority Whip), Arizona House of Representatives
*Michael Sandler, Immigration Reporter, Congressional Quarterly
*Daniel J. Tichenor, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
* Steve Tulley, Representative, (R-Majority Leader), Arizona House of Representatives
*Georges Vernaz, Director, Center for Research on Immigration Policy, RAND Corporation
*Dean Yang,Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan