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Speakers:
John T. Morton, Assistant Secretary for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Department of Homeland Security
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, US Immigration Policy Program, MPI
Sworn in on May 14, 2009, Assistant Secretary John Morton is the third Homeland Security Assistant Secretary to lead ICE in the agency's six years of existence. At ICE, Morton guides a workforce of more than 19,000 in enforcing US customs and immigration laws and conducting investigations related to cross-border and financial crimes. His agency’s missions include cracking down on human trafficking activities and preventing the illegal movement of weapons and currency from the United States to Mexico. During his tenure, Morton has continued expansion of ICE's Secure Communities initiative -- a partnership with local law enforcement agencies that uses biometrics to identify and remove criminal aliens; standardized 287(g) agreements with 67 state and local enforcement partners; ordered new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices; announced new initiatives as part of the effort to reform the immigration detention system; and announced biometrics initiatives to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens.
Morton began his federal service in 1994 and has held a variety of positions within the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and Special Assistant to the General Counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Acting Chief of the Domestic Security Section and Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division.
If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Dixon via email at events@migrationpolicy.org or by phone at (202) 266-1929.
