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'Immigration & Citizenship' the topic of University of Oregon conference
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Jan. 7, 2008) -- Experts on law and immigration will examine the contested terrain of immigration policy in the United States during a symposium sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center on Law and Politics on Friday, Jan. 25, at the University of Oregon.
The symposium on "Immigration & Citizenship" will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 175, William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St. The event is free and open to the public.
Kevin R. Johnson of the University of California-Davis School of Law is the keynote speaker. He will address "Opening the Floodgates: Rethinking Our Border and Immigration Laws." Davis is the author of "Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws," which argues that the border should be eliminated and migration liberalized.
Speakers will analyze U.S. immigration policy and argue for more openness and attention to the concept of citizenship. During the morning session, Garrett Epps, UO law professor and John C. Eastman, dean, Chapman School of Law, will debate "The Birthright Guarantee of the 14th Amendment" as part of a panel discussion. An afternoon session, "Immigration Policy and Politics," will feature panelists Hiroshi Motomura, law professor, University of North Carolina School of Law; Larry Kleinman, secretary-treasurer, Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United; and Guadalupe Quinn, representing CAUSA, a statewide immigrant rights coalition.
For more information, visit the Wayne Morse Center's Web site at http://www.morsechair.uoregon.edu/_pages/events/immigration.html.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Credence Sol, 541-346-1665, csol@uoregon.edu
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