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Release Date: August 20, 2009
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“Today’s meeting on comprehensive immigration reform was an important opportunity to hear from stakeholders and build on the significant time I’ve spent on the Hill meeting with members of Congress on this critical subject. I look forward to working with President Obama, my colleagues in Congress and representatives from law enforcement, business, labor organizations, the interfaith community, advocacy groups and others as we work on this important issue.”
Declaraciones De La Secretaria De Seguridad Nacional Janet Napolitano Sobre La Reunión Sobre La Reforma Integral De La Inmigración
“La reunión de hoy sobre la reforma integral de la inmigración fue una oportunidad importante para escuchar a las partes interesadas y sumar al tiempo significativo que he pasado en el Capitolio reunida con miembros del Congreso sobre este importante tema. Anticipo con entusiasmo trabajar con el Presidente Obama, mis colegas del Congreso y los representantes de las agencias de la ley, empresas, sindicatos, grupos religiosos, grupos que abogan por la comunidad, y otros a medida que trabajamos sobre este importante asunto.”
Participants in Today’s Meeting:
AFL CIO, Paul Almeida AFL CIO, Ana Avendano AFL CIO, Arlene Baker Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, Monte Lake American Civil Liberties Union, Chris Calabrese America’s Voice, Frank Sharry American Farm Bureau, Ron Gaskill American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, T.J. Donner American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Paul Booth American Immigration Lawyers Association, Crystal Williams American Jewish Committee, Chelsea Hanson American Meat Institute, J. Patrick Boyle Arizona Latino Commission, Eve Nunez Asian American Justice Center, Karen Narasaki Associated General Contractors, Katherine Knott Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Robert Pleasure Casa de Maryland, Gustavo Andrade Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Mark Franken Cato Institute, Dan Griswold Center for American Progress, Angela Kelley Center for Community Change, Gabe Gonzalez Change to Win, Anna Burger Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Allison Johnson Church World Service, Jen Smyers Citigroup, Paul Thornell Compete America, Rebecca Peters Compete America, Bo Cooper Esperanza USA, Mary Clark Essential Worker Coalition, Laura Reiff
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Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, Jon Adler Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society/Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Mark Hetfield Hewlett Packard, Gina Bancroft Immigration Equality, Julie Kruse Immigration Policy Center, Mary Giovagnoli Information Technology Industry Council, Dean Garfield Intel, Ryan Triplette Interfaith Worker Justice, Kristin Kumpf International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Terry Yellig International Brotherhood of Teamsters, John Coli International Chiefs of Police, Russell Laine International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Paul Shearon International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft workers, James Boland Irish Apostolate, Geri Garvey Jesuit Refugee Service, Shaina Aber Laborers' International Union of North America, Bevin Albertani League of United Latin American Citizens, Rosa Rosales Legal Momentum, Lisalyn Raquel Jacobs Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, Leslie Velez Major City Chiefs, Dean Keuter McDonalds, Bo Bryant Mennonite Central Committee, Tammy Alexander Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Dini Karasik Microsoft, Bill Kamela Migration Policy Institute, Marc Rosenblum National Association of Asian Law Enforcement Commanders, John Lee National Association of Evangelicals, Galen Carey National Association of Homebuilders, Jenna Hamilton National Association of Police Organizations, Andrea Mournighan National Baptist Convention, Rev. L.B. West National Council of Jewish Women, Elissa Froman National Council of La Raza, Clarissa Martinez National Day Laborers Network, Chris Newman National Electrical Contractors of America, John Grau National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Rev. Dr. Angel Nunez National Immigration Forum, Jeanne Butterfield National Immigration Forum, Ali Noorani National Immigration Law Center, Marielena Hincapie National Korean American Service & Educational Consortium, Eun Sook Lee National Latino Peace Officers Association, Arturo Venegas National League of Cities, Ricardo Gambetta National Restaurant Association, Beth Johnson National Sheriffs Association, Ann Yom National Urban League, Valerie Wilson New Democratic Network, Simon Rosenberg Oracle, Dejan Pavlovic PICO National Network, Jared Rivera Police Executive Research Foundation, Chuck Wexler Police Foundation, Hubert Williams Presbyterian Church USA, Julia Thorne Rights Working Group, Jumana Musa Service Employees International Union, Eliseo Medina Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Marc Norberg Sisters of Mercy, Regina McKillip Society for Human Resource Management, Mike Aitken Sojourners, Rev. Jim Wallis South Asian American Leading Together, Deepa Iyer Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, Helly Lee Tech America, Jeff Lande Tyson, Nora Venegas U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Angelo Amador U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ryan Dwyer AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09082075. (Posted 08/20/09)
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U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, David Ferreira UNITE HERE, Brenda Carter United Farm Workers, Arturo Rodriguez United Food and Commercial Workers, Joe Hansen University of Texas, Dr. Ray Marshall Wal-Mart, Adam Hemphill World Relief, Jenny Hwang
Moderators
White House Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes White House Domestic Policy Council, Heather Higginbottom White House National Economic Council, James Kvaal White House Office of Public Engagement, Tina Tchen White House Office of Public Engagement, Buffy Wicks Department of Homeland Security, Marco Lopez Department of Homeland Security, David Martin Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas Department of Homeland Security, John Morton Department of Homeland Security, Esther Olavarria Department of Justice, Juan Osuna
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