2007 Symposium

Illegal Immigration, Crime, and Public Policy Symposium
April 5, 2007 - 4701 W. Thunderbird Rd. - Phoenix, Arizona

Speakers Biographies

Session 1: Immigration, Crime, and Public Policy

• There are Borders and Then There are Borders: Past and Current Issues of Migration and Immigration - Carlos Velez-Ibanez, Professor, Arizona State University
• Immigrant Adaptation, Marginalization, and the Emergence and Expansion of a Street Gang - James Diego Vigil, Professor, University of California at Irvine
• Crime and Drug Use Among Immigrant Arrestees - Charles M. Katz, Interim Director, Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, Associate Professor, Arizona State University and Nancy Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Session 2: Contemporary Issues in Human Trafficking

• Human Trafficking : Implications for Immigration Policy - Jack McDevitt, Director and Associate Dean for Research, Northeastern University
• Responses to Human Trafficking - Amy Farrell, Principal Research Scientist, Associate Director, Northeastern University
• Challenges to Building a Cohesive Task Force - Paul Pinon, El Paso Police Department

Session 3: Special Issues in the Police Response to Illegal Immigration

• Day Laborers: A Law Enforcement Management Perspective - James Corwin, Chief, Kansas City Police Department
• Responding to Disorderly Day Laborer Sites - Rob Guerette, Assistant Professor, Florida International University, Miami
• Police and the New Immigration: Not Like the Old Police-Community Relations Issue - Samuel Walker, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Session 4: Special Issues in the Prosecution and Defense of Illegal Immigration

• Immigration and the Southwest Border: Effect onArizona - Joe Koehler, U.S. Attorney's Office, Arizona
• Immigration and National Security - Edward F. Gallagher, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
• Aliens and the Immigration Law Minefield - Robert McWhirter, Assistant Federal Public Defender

Session 5: Victimization and Illegal Immigration

• Human Trafficking in the U.S.: Why Immigrant Victims are Slipping Through the Cracks - Natalia Walter, Boston University School of Law
• The Violence Against Women Act: Protection for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crimes - Valerie Hink, Southern Arizona Legal Aid
• Strategies for Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking - Timothy Jefferson and Mark Bratman, ALERT