September 10: Webcast - Immigration 2013: Negotiating the Shifting Maze #MCLE

The on-going debate over the role of immigration and new immigrants in the United States rages on. Do you understand the current issues?
Join Leslie K. L. Thiele, Partner at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Evie Jeang, Founder and Managing Partner at Ideal Legal Group and Commissioner Fatima Shama of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs as they address:

• The basics of the difficult immigration system in the U.S., describing: 
• how the system works - or does not work - for the benefit of the US; 
• how individuals can or cannot obtain a legal status in the US., and 
• common myths about how foreigners can live temporarily or permanently in the U.S., 
• difficulties immigrants experience in obtaining or maintaining legal status. 
• The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the section of the Defense of Marriage Act, which had defined marriage as one man and one woman:  
• the scope of the relief granted under the Windsor decision;  
• the impact on same-sex couples seeking immigration benefits, and 
• the limitations of this new development. 
• Hands-on issues in the integration of new immigrants into US society, through the perspective of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs: 
• issues for local and state governments in making new immigrants part of our diverse nation, 
• Blueprints for Immigrant Integration, and 
• other New York City immigrant integration programs. 

Title:
Immigration 2013: Negotiating the Shifting Maze
When/Where:
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
2:00PM EDT / 11:00AM PDT
Duration: 
95 minutes
Speakers: 

• Leslie K. L. Thiele, Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP 
• Evie Jeang, Founder and Managing Partner, Ideal Legal Group 
• Commissioner Fatima Shama, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs 

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