Authors

Authors

Joan Friedland

Joan Friedland

Joan Friedland is a former Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council.

Rob Paral

Rob Paral

Rob Paral is principal of Rob Paral and Associates.

Geena Jackson

Geena Jackson

Geena Jackson is a former intern at the American Immigration Council.

Claire Tesh

Claire Tesh

Claire Tesh is the former Community Education Center Senior Manager at the American Immigration Council.

Melissa Crow

Melissa Crow

Melissa Crow is the Director of the Legal Action Center. Ms. Crow served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, and previously as a Senior Policy Advisor, in the Office of Immigration and Border Security at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining DHS, she was a partner… Read More

Lois Magee

Lois Magee

Lois C. Magee is the former Director of the American Immigration Council’s Exchange Visitor Program.

Ben Winograd

Ben Winograd

Ben Winograd is a former Staff Attorney with the American Immigration Council.

Mary Kenney

Mary Kenney

Mary Kenney is a Directing Attorney for Litigation at the American Immigration Council. For over two decades, she has worked to protect the rights of noncitizens, combat abusive conduct by immigration agents, and overturn unlawful policies of the immigration agencies. With the Council since 2001, she engages in impact litigation,… Read More

Emily Creighton

Emily Creighton

Emily Creighton is the Directing Attorney for Transparency at the American Immigration Council. She oversees the development of the Council’s transparency-related litigation, amicus briefs, practice advisories and advocacy, including maintaining an active docket of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases. She seeks to uncover agency records that will advance litigation,… Read More

Beth Werlin

Beth Werlin

Beth Werlin is the Executive Director of the American Immigration Council. She leads the Council’s efforts to promote sensible and humane immigration policies and to achieve justice and fairness for all immigrants under the laws. She previously served as Policy Director from 2015-2016 and in a variety of positions on… Read More

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