Ali Noorani is president and chief executive officer of the National Immigration Forum, a nonpartisan advocacy organization working with faith, law enforcement, and business leaders to promote the value of immigrants and immigration. Through innovative constituency, communications, and advocacy strategies, he is one of the nation’s most creative coalition builders. Mr. Noorani also is the author of “There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration” and the upcoming “Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants,” as well as host of the “Only in America” podcast. He is an Emerson Dial fellow, a fellow at the Arizona State University Social Transformation Lab, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Noorani holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Crossing Borders
Event Overview
Join author Ali Noorani, CEO of the National Immigration Forum, for a virtual discussion about his newest book, “Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants,” with Cornell immigration law expert Stephen Yale-Loehr and Wall Street Journal reporter Michelle Hackman. Based on interviews in Honduras, Mexico, Eastern Europe, and communities across the U.S., Mr. Noorani’s book presents the complexities of migration through the stories of families fleeing violence and poverty, the government and nongovernmental organizations helping or hindering their progress, and the American communities receiving them. Going beyond highly charged partisan debates, our panel offers real insights and actionable strategies for restoring the dignity of both immigrants and the United States itself.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Crossing Borders
What You'll Learn
- How migration has become weaponized over the last decade around the world
- How to restore dignity to migrants
- How to overcome fear and hate in our immigration debates
Speakers
Michelle Hackman is a reporter in the Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau, where she writes about immigration issues. Ms. Hackman has covered everything from border policy to visa backlogs, Afghan refugees, and the impact of immigration on business and the economy. She is the 2017
winner of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for outstanding reporting on Congress and spent a summer in Germany as a 2018 Arthur Burns Fellow. A daughter of Persian-Jewish immigrants, Ms. Hackman grew up in New York and graduated from Yale University in 2015.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
Ali Noorani is president and chief executive officer of the National Immigration Forum, a nonpartisan advocacy organization working with faith, law enforcement, and business leaders to promote the value of immigrants and immigration. Through innovative constituency, communications, and advocacy strategies, he is one of the nation’s most creative coalition builders. Mr. Noorani also is the author of “There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration” and the upcoming “Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants,” as well as host of the “Only in America” podcast. He is an Emerson Dial fellow, a fellow at the Arizona State University Social Transformation Lab, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Noorani holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Michelle Hackman is a reporter in the Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau, where she writes about immigration issues. Ms. Hackman has covered everything from border policy to visa backlogs, Afghan refugees, and the impact of immigration on business and the economy. She is the 2017
winner of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for outstanding reporting on Congress and spent a summer in Germany as a 2018 Arthur Burns Fellow. A daughter of Persian-Jewish immigrants, Ms. Hackman grew up in New York and graduated from Yale University in 2015.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
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Join author Ali Noorani, CEO of the National Immigration Forum, for a virtual discussion about his newest book, “Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants,” with Cornell immigration law expert Stephen Yale-Loehr and Wall Street Journal reporter Michelle Hackman. Based on interviews in Honduras, Mexico, Eastern Europe, and communities across the U.S., Mr. Noorani’s book presents the complexities of migration through the stories of families fleeing violence and poverty, the government and nongovernmental organizations helping or hindering their progress, and the American communities receiving them. Going beyond highly charged partisan debates, our panel offers real insights and actionable strategies for restoring the dignity of both immigrants and the United States itself.
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