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President’s Forum: An Evening with USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas (Sold out, but waitlist available)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

New York, NY

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New School President Bob Kerrey engages in an informal discussion with Alejandro (Ali) Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Nominated by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009, Mayorkas heads the administration of the world’s largest immigration service. A division of the Department of Homeland Security, USCIS is the federal agency overseeing lawful immigration to the United States.

Before serving in his current post, Mayorkas was a litigation partner in the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he represented Fortune 100 companies in high-profile, complex, and sensitive matters throughout the country and the world. He advised boards of directors and top executives, tried cases, led internal investigations, and litigated high-stakes matters in a wide array of industries, including telecommunications, health care, consumer safety, sports and entertainment, aerospace, media, and real estate.

Mayorkas also served as U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. In that role, he led an office of 240 assistant U.S. attorneys in prosecuting cases involving charges of public corruption, investment fraud, civil rights violations, high-tech and computer-related crime, organized crime, environmental crime, and international money laundering.

In 2009, the National Law Journal named him one of the “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America.”

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The New School: Arnhold Hall's Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 W 13th St
New York, NY 10011

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


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The New School was founded in New York City in 1919 as a bastion of intellectual and artistic freedom. Today, it is a leading university offering some of the nation's most respected programs in design, liberal arts, the performing arts, and social and political science. Students from across the country and around the world enroll in The New School's diverse degree, certificate, and continuing education programs, enjoying small class sizes, superior resources, and renowned faculty of artists, scholars, and professionals who practice what they teach. The New School's founding mission was to create a place where global peace and justice were more than theoretical ideals. To this day, New School students participate in programs that strive for academic excellence, technical mastery, innovation, and engaged world citizenship.