Our Borders a Decade After 9/11

Key Congressman, Analysts Examine Immigration Improvements, Remaining Challenges

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ten years after 19 foreign hijackers staged the 9/11 attacks, much has changed in America's immigration and border-control policies, and much has not. The Center for Immigration Studies will host a panel discussion to examine what's been done in immigration and related areas since 9/11 to strengthen America's security and what challenges remain.

The panel discussion will be on Thursday, September 15, at 9 a.m., in Room 2237 of Rayburn House Office Building. Up-to-date information on the panel is available online at http://cis.org/Announcements/9-11-Decade-Later-Security.

The speakers will include:

• Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee after 9/11 and author, among other things, of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the REAL ID Act of 2005, and the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (which passed the House but not the Senate)
• Janice Kephart, the Center's Director of National Security Policy and former border counsel for the 9/11 Commission
• Jessica Vaughan, the Center's Director of Policy Studies and former Foreign Service Officer
• Roy Beck, Executive Director of Numbers USA
• Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies

The discussion is free of charge and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected]

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States.

Contact: Bryan Griffith, 202-466-8185, [email protected]

SOURCE Center for Immigration Studies

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