A timeline of major events at the Migration Policy Institute. For more information, visit www.migrationpolicy.org/celebrate10thevent

1. Welcome
MPI 10th Anniversary Celebration
Knight Conference Center, The Newseum
Washington, DC
April 19th, 2012

2. 10th Anniversary
Host Committee Co-Chairs
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
His Excellency Ernesto Zedillo

3. 10th Anniversary
Host Committee
Suzette Brooks Masters
Jeanne Butterfield
Bo Cooper
Lee Culpepper
Maria Echaveste
Austin T. Fragomen
Jerry Gonzalez
Wade Henderson
Annette Heuser
Taryn Higashi
Bob Hildreth
Marielena Hincapié
Laura Foote Reiff
Anthony Romero
George Rupp
Denyse Sabagh
Angelica Salas
Andrew Selee
Frank Sharry
Ruby Takanishi
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr.
Paul W. Virtue
James W. Ziglar
Chung-Wha Hong
Tamar Jacoby
Benjamin E. Johnson
Marlene M. Johnson
Donald M. Kerwin
Alan Kraut
Warren Leiden
Antonio Maciel
Geri Mannion
Eliseo Medina
Eva Millona
Maria Odom

4. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Service Employees International Union
Walmart
Western Union
.
Leader

5. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
Bertelsmann Foundation
Kathleen Newland
Demetrios G. Papademetriou
US Chamber of Commerce
Partner

6. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund
Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
Michael Fix
Margie McHugh
Doris Meissner
UNITE HERE
USCCB Migration and Refugee Services
Patron

7. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
Friend
American Council on International
Personnel
America’s Voice
Suzette Brooks Masters
Muzaffar Chishti
Bo Cooper
Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
ImmigrationWorks USA
Warren Leiden
Antonio Maciel
Gregory Maniatis & Nina Teicholz
Geri Mannion
Michelle Mittelstadt
Curt and Piper Moffatt
Monument Policy Group
NAFSA: Association of International
Educators
New York Immigration Coalition
Marie Price
Denyse Sabagh, Esq.
Andrew Selee & Alejandra Vallejo
Bob & Ann Szabo
Gale & C.C. Wright
James W. & Linda K. Ziglar

8. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
Kate Brosnan and Sabina Kay
Simon Burrow
Lorrie Dartoozos
The Most Reverend Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio
Hal and Sally Furman
Patricia Godley
Supporter
Hernández-Stern Family Fund
Edward Kissam
Paul Ladd
CJ Lake, LLC
Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver
Jeffrey Scruggs
Juan P. Osuna and Wendy Young

9. 10th Anniversary Sponsors
Edward Alden
Mike Becraft
Merrick Bobb
Marshall M. Bouton
Monica Boyd
Giuseppe Callovi
Nancy Lee Frydland
Erika de la Garza
Kim Hamilton
Dirk Hoerder
James R. Jones
Donor Jorge Madrazo
Sarah J. Mahler
David A. Martin
Ricardo A. Martinez
Kathleen Meagher
Meridian Imaging Solutions
Robert Mocny
John Olson, Lincoln Property Company,
Tenant Brokerage
Katherine Vaughns

10. MPI’s Founders
Demetrios G.
Papademetriou
Kathleen
Newland

11. Board of Trustees
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
Chair of the Board
Joseph Chamie
Warren R. Leiden
Antonio L. Maciel
Andrés Rozental
Lidia Soto-Harmon
Rita Süssmuth
Antonio Vitorino
Kathleen Newland
Demetrios G. Papademetriou
.

12. Timeline
of Major Events
in MPI’s
First Decade

13. MPI Is Established
Late 2001
From its beginnings as the International Migration
Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, the Migration Policy Institute is
established by Co-Founders Demetrios G.
Papademetriou and Kathleen Newland as an
independent, nonpartisan
think tank dedicated solely to the study of
international migration.
www.migrationpolicy.org
Timeline

14. MPI’s work is organized around
four research pillars:
 Migration Management
 Refugee Protection/Int’l Humanitarian Response
 North American Borders and Migration Agenda
 Immigrant Settlement and Integration

15. MPI launches a unique new
online journal, the
Migration Information Source
May 2002
www.migrationinformation.org
Timeline

16. America’s Challenge
Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity After September 11
June 2003
In the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001,
MPI provides a comprehensive analysis of the US government’s post-
9/11 immigration measures from three distinct perspectives:
effectiveness in fighting terrorism; impact on civil liberties; and effect
on America’s perception of itself as a nation of immigrants.
Timeline

17. First Immigration Law and Policy
Conference
April 2004
MPI partners with Catholic Legal Immigration
Network, Inc. and Georgetown University Law Center
to host the now-annual immigration conference.
Timeline

18. Co-chaired by former Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and former
Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN), the Task Force brought
together key immigration leaders to propose a modern-era U.S.
immigration system that would work for all constituent elements
of society.
Launch of the Independent Task Force on
Immigration and America’s Future
June 2005Timeline

19. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and former Prime Minister of
Portugal, in his first visit to Washington as High Commissioner, outlines
the urgent issues of protection, assistance, and solutions for refugees and
IDPs in a speech at MPI.
MPI Hosts Newly Appointed
António Guterres
UN High Commissioner
for Refugees
July 2005
http://bit.ly/I5skeX
Timeline

20. June 2006
The Independent Task Force on Immigration and
America’s Future, which includes members such as
Sens. Edward Kennedy and John McCain, releases its
recommendations in an influential final report:
Immigration and
America’s Future:
A New Chapter
www.migrationpolicy.org/ITFIAF/index.php
Timeline

21. The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy’s goals are
to focus attention on issues raised by immigrant integration and to
build a more coherent and knowledge-driven field of researchers,
community leaders, government officials, and other stakeholders.
MPI Establishes the
National Center on Immigrant Integration
Policy
February 2007
www.migrationpolicy.org/integration
Timeline

22. MPI’s hub of immigration statistics is a powerful resource for migration
professionals, media, and others. The MPI Data Hub provides U.S. and
international data tools that track immigration trends and populations worldwide.
MPI Data Hub
releases its first e-newsletter
February 2007
www.migrationpolicy.org/datahub
Timeline

23. MPI and the Bertelsmann Stiftung co-convene a transatlantic task
force to promote thoughtful immigration policies and assess and
respond to the profound challenges of integrating immigrants and
building stronger communities on both sides of the Atlantic.
Launch of the Transatlantic Task Force
on Immigration and Integration
March 2007Timeline

24. April 2007
MPI’s First Expansion
With the growing number of program and research initiatives,
MPI’s office expands its staff, office space, and conference facilities.
Timeline

25. MPI’s deep engagement with the 2006 UN High-Level Dialogue on
Migration and Development leads to participation in the first
GFMD, and a growing role for MPI in future GFMDs.
MPI Organizes Workshops for First
Global Forum on Migration and
Development
July 2007
www.migrationpolicy.org/research/
migration_development.php
Timeline

26. The Transatlantic Council on Migration is a unique, deliberative body that
examines vital policy issues and informs migration policymaking processes
across the Atlantic community. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is the Council’s
policy partner.
MPI Launches its Transatlantic Council on
Migration
April 2008
www.migrationpolicy.org/transatlantic
Timeline

27. The Initiative is producing detailed policy recommendations on how
the United States should rethink its immigration policy in the light of
what is known about the economic impact of immigration.
October 2008
MPI Convenes the First Meeting of its
Labor Markets Initiative
The Labor Markets Initiative is a
comprehensive, policy-focused review of
the role of immigration in the labor
market.
www.migrationpolicy.org/lmi
Timeline

28. The E Pluribus Unum Prizes national awards program recognizes
exceptional U.S. immigrant integration initiatives of all types, whether led
by nonprofits, businesses, public agencies, or others.
MPI awards the first
E Pluribus Unum Prizes
May 2009
www.integrationawards.org
Timeline

29. MPI launches its
Leadership Visions speakers series
with Homeland Security Assistant Secretary John Morton, who details his
agenda for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The heads of U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
as well as other key officials, later took part as well.
January 2010
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Timeline

30. MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy offers a new
resource that chronicles the growth and academic performance of
the ELL student population across the United States.
Launch of the
English Language Learner (ELL)
Information Center
August 2010
www.migrationpolicy.org/ellinfo.html
Timeline

31. MPI announces a partnership with the European University
Institute to launch a comparative research project on ways the U.S.
and Europe can address major immigration challenges.
U.S. and European
Immigration Systems Project
February 2011
www.migrationpolicy.org/
immigrationsystems
Timeline

32. MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development Program
partners with the State Department to organize the first
Secretary’s Global Diaspora Forum
May 2011
www.migrationpolicy.org/
research/migration_development.php
Timeline

33. MPI is a Founding Partner in
IdEA, working with the State
Department to launch and
incubate the alliance.
At the Global Diaspora Forum, Secretary of
State Clinton announces the creation of the
International diaspora
Engagement Alliance (IdEA)
May 2011
www.diasporaalliance.org
Timeline

34. Co-chaired by former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former U.S. Secretary of
Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, and former Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein, the
Study Group aims to act as a virtual think tank to the region’s policymakers.
MPI and the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
launch the
Regional Migration Study Group
May 2011
www.migrationpolicy.org/regionalstudygroup
Carlos Gutierrez
Ernesto Zedillo
Eduardo Stein
Timeline

35. February 2012
MPI Europe Is Born
MPI Europe is an independent research institute, based
in Brussels, that aims to provide a better understanding
of migration in Europe and thus promote effective
policymaking.
www.MPIEurope.org
Timeline

36. Thank
YouWith deep appreciation for the support from funders,
friends, and interested audiences, the Migration Policy
Institute looks ahead to its second decade.
Thanks for making the first one such a success!
www.migrationpolicy.org/celebrate10thevent