The Dual Role of Immigration & Citizenship Law: Exploring Inclusion, Exclusion & Reform for 2025 & Beyond

The symposium explores the dual roles of inclusion and exclusion in immigration and citizenship laws, as the federal, state, and local governments grappled with several key issues, including deportation, artificial intelligence, pathways to citizenship, migrant worker status, and federalism in the past decade. The symposium aims to create space for legal scholars, policymakers, lawyers, and advocates to discuss these issues and key questions, including: What should immigration and citizenship laws look like in 2025 and beyond? What values, interests, and needs should be prioritized? Should these laws continue to serve as mechanisms of both inclusion and exclusion? What might an inclusive immigration and citizenship framework look like?

April 3

4 - 6 pm, Room 125

Opening Remarks by Mayor of Newark, Hon. Ras Baraka

• Panel on Mass Deportation

April 4

9 am - 5 pm, Room 90

Panels:

• AI, Digital Surveillance, and Immigration
• Restrictions on Citizenship
• Immigrant Workers & the Economy
• Immigration & Federalism

Honoring Professors Linda Bosniak & Alan Hyde

Keynote Address by Kevin Johnson