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ADVISORY for June 1-2, 2006
On June 1-2, the Free Trade Alliance San Antonio and Mexicans & Americans Thinking Together (http://www.MATT.org) will host a forum that will tackle the immigration reform issue with a bilateral approach by facilitating the dialogue between the U.S., Mexico and the respective communities impacted and concerned with this issue. Sessions at the forum will be set up in a "town hall" format so that participants will have the opportunity to dialogue and exchange ideas with the experts and key decision makers on this subject. Given this, participants will have the opportunity to shape sound policy on immigration reform.
Confirmed Speakers/Moderators Include: U.S. Senator John Cornyn; Mexican Senator Hector Osuna; Henry Cisneros, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Gerardo Antonio Lopez Hernandez, Employment and Labor Policy Undersecretary (Mexico); Dr. Steve Murdock, Demographer; Dr. Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank; Craig Regelbrugge, American Nursery and Landscape Association; Angelo Amador, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Gustavo Mohar, Former Chief Negotiator for International Migration at the Mexican Foreign Ministry; Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman, Alliance for Security and Trade; Chairman, International Bancshares Corp.
The agenda includes workshops such as "Reforming the Guest Worker Program," "Who Pays for Social Services," and "Should a Path to Earned Residency be Created." For additional details on the forum and to view the complete agenda please visit http://www.freetradealliance.org/mainevent.
WHO:
Senators, State Officials, Immigration Experts, Industry and Community Leaders from the United States and Mexico.
WHAT:
Bilateral Immigration Forum to provide both U.S. and Mexican elected officials and policy makers with a forum to discuss and develop practical solutions to the complex immigration reform issue.
WHEN:
June 1-2, 2006
WHERE:
Westin Riverwalk Hotel
420 W. Market
San Antonio, Texas 78205
WHY:
The immigration reform debate, which is stirring up polarizing viewpoints, will have lasting economic and diplomatic implications for the U.S. Currently, the Senate and Congress are considering several immigration reform bills to address the 11+ million undocumented immigrants in the US.
COST:
$275 per person non-government rate; $250 government and non-profit rate online registration available at http://www.freetradealliance.org/mainevent
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CONTACT
Free Trade Alliance San Antonio
Blake Hastings
210-229-9036, ext. 28 |
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