Concept of women. I think mrs. Clinton today represents the new woman. We will continue our conversation on first ladies. Leticia baldridge reported about Jacqueline Kennedy and the role of the first lady and what has changed along with the nation tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. From the bush and Brookings Institution, this is about an hour and a half on immigration policy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome to the brookings institute. And we really appreciate you joining us this morning for a discussion about Immigration Reform and its education for metropolitan areas. We are focusing in these very important topics. A recent book was coauthored by bruce katz and jennifer bradley. Called the metropolitan revolution. But it was entitled about how we are fixing broken politics and fragile economies. It is often Bipartisan Solutions to some of the supersized challenges of our time. Such is reviving the Manufacturing Sector in northeastern Ohio Building a worldclass Transit System was part of the focal funds and part of exports and trade at this point of production this is leadership and managing the flow of integration of immigrants. We are moving forward to advance opportunities for immigrant families and workers and employers in the absence of comprehensive Immigration Reform. To be sure, leaders must lead because they know the needs and assets of their economies best. They cannot go out alone. A strong federal partner and transparent rules and policies, it goes a long way enabling on the ground economics expends. So led by our panel today is audrey singer, she will remind us why conference at Immigration Reform matters. But i also hope progress is still possible because of the creative collaboration of local leaders. We have Sicilia Muniz is director of the director of the administration. She was Senior Vice President and now where she has been working tirelessly to get legislative reform done. As a testament, cecilia munoiz received a macarthur genius award in the year of 2000. I also wanted to note that she was born and raised in detroit. Her father worked as an engineer at the ford motor company. And in fact, we have joining us this morning, the congresswoman and time permitting, i think it would be interesting if she could give us a window into whether or not there is a shortterm goal for the federal government to help them get out of their fiscal crisis. So please join me in welcoming cecilia munoiz. [applause] thank you very much for the introduction and having me here. I am a big fan on metropolitan policy and this is an incredibly Important Forum and i appreciate so much being a part of it. As you have heard, i have worked in the country for over 25 years and while this issue is discussed and pretty much decided upon in washington, the impacts was really part of the cities and towns in dealing with the immigration i know this from personal experience i grew up with communities from around the world in search of the American Dream in detroit. My neighbors on the block where i grew up and where we lived order from the ukraine, from all over. This is very much part of the story and part of the american story and we started in california and chicago and worked on issues of integration because this happens in local communities. When i started at the white house before i became director of the console, i was director of governmental affairs, which means that i will manage this all across the country. In that role, i worked really closely with local leaders as they struggle to recover from this historic recession. Many of them from both Political Parties understood and understand the integral role that immigrants play and grow the local economy and get through difficult economic times. I can tell you that president obama understands this as well as a u. S. Senator. Before that, as a state senator from illinois. The president developed the view that Immigration Reform is not just the right thing to do, it is an economic imperative that also impacts communities in very tangible ways. Two weeks ago the white house highlighted the economic benefits of the bipartisan Immigration Reform bill that passed the senate in june. This includes higher investments and more productivity. Our economy will grow by additional 5. 4 compared to the status quo deficits will rise and arquette will strengthen and if Congress Asks him in the solvency of the trust fund will be extended by two years and 75 year shortfall will be reduced by nearly half a trillion dollars. If Congress Acts and then asked, the recovery will be strengthened and in so yes, comprehensive Immigration Reform is part of the security imperative and it is about basic fairness and since the focus of the discussion today is the debate on cities and metro areas, i should add that that is something that we can finally address what cities have been facing as they grapple with our broken immigration system because the crux of the matter is while congress and the federal government has the authority to set immigration laws and enforcement, local governments live with the result of what congress does and what Congress Fails to do. Because they have failed to address the broken immigration system for years, local governments wrestle with undocumented immigrants living and working in their communities. In his apologies are facing these challenges in a variety of ways. This includes immigration enforcement, which is a federal function. Instate tuition laws so that undocumented students have better access. Local Police Forces wrestle with the challenge of building relationships and communities which are by definition living in fear of context of authorities, which make it harder to encourage folks to come forward when a safety hazard emerges. We work to integrate children who struggle with their fear that their parents will be deported. Research has shown that this kind of anxiety interferes with students. While some have responded to these challenges with a variety of approaches, the fact is that states cannot face the United States congress. We know that it is happening in local governments especially in regards to hearing more about that today. It is important that congress regulate immigration this is a part of integrating us and one community. Subscribe this a little bit, i should start by saying im hopeful that june 27, 2013 is a day that will go down in history. I was fortunate enough to be sitting with Border SecurityEconomic Opportunity and immigration modernization act has provided Technical Support all the way. Nobody got everything they wanted. Especially in the white house. But the final will reflect that the principles and it was consistent with our history and a nation of immigrants. It was an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the 60 to 32. Just put that into perspective, last novembers election, only two places, utah and washington dc gave either candidate 58 of the vote. The reason it got so many votes is simple. It is a smart compromise and pretty powerful. It creates a fair pathway to citizenship with 11 million undocumented immigrants working in our communities, a pathway that will pass them in turn require them to pass background checks and penalties and go to the end of the line behind those who have been caught in the lingo of immigration background and the bill will create a new path to citizenship for those to contribute to industry and put food on the table. These play an integral role and we gave them another time a pathway to citizenship. It creates an expedited path to young immigrants known as dreamers and attended school and yet have lived in constant fear or. The bill also represents the best that we have to modernize our Legal Immigration system and it builds on the administrations progress and Border Security and that exploit workers and also creates a meaningful pathway to earn citizenship and undocumented immigrants for families and workers and employees. So we know that the fight for Immigration Reform has never been easy and we do not expect it to be. There were plenty of people who predicted that we would never get this far and focusing that we wont get any further. But there is little question in my mind that the senate bill or something very much like it was passed and as the president said when the bill left the senate, now is the time when opponents will try to put this apart so they can stop it from becoming a reality. So we have work to do. But i believe that even in todays washington, the coalition is calling for action that is too broad and too deep and too forceful to acknowledge. If we keep our sense of urgency and a sense of purpose, i believe that congress will reach the clear majority of americans and they will listen to the Business Community and the chamber of commerce and the one from across the spectrum. Law enforcement and civil Rights Enforcement and importantly state and local governments. All of whom are calling for a commonsense Immigration Reform. Just the other day the architect of the Obama Campaign and steve schmidt, Senior Adviser to the 2000 a Mccain Campaign wrote a joint oped with a less than vague title. Pass the immigration bill. We are telling them that now is not the time to let up. It is the time to speak up. It is the time to make sure that everyone not just in that city around the country are making it clear to families from all backgrounds and all parts of the country but we are dealing with the effects of the broken immigration system. So with the hard work around the country, i thank you for your contribution in the municipal government and i look forward to this effort in getting to the place where the president is signing that bill into law. We thank you very much. [applause] [applause] good morning and welcome everybody. Im a senior fellow and we are moderating this process and we are going to talk today about what Immigration Reform means for cities and suburbs. I want to ask the panelists, and all of that is happening and i will say a few words here and make an awkward move and then continued talking and we will start the discussion. As you have just heard, there are many good reasons for Immigration Reform. Many facets make up a comprehensive set of measures to make our immigration system work better and strengthen the u. S. Economy. The immigration debate is very much alive in congress as we continue to discuss. Including how to change laws and many that we just mentioned, including Border Security and legalization and a worksite verification system and policies around the admission of legal permanent residents. We dont know yet what the outcome of the current effort will be. We dont whether we will see a lot that resembles the package of immigration policies that were passed in the senate about a month ago or whether this is part of the approach, such as introducing a number of bills as discussed. Werent coming to an agreement and what is the status quo and what is the consequence of that. We are working on the things that we will be discussing. We do know that u. S. Immigration policy had not been overhauled in more than 20 years in the 1986, there was the Immigration Reform and control act that was primarily part of the legalization of about 3 million undocumented immigrants by the United States 1990 Immigration Reform and control act and by 1990 the immigration act followed four years later and had increased overall immigration levels established with a system of employment and familybased immigration also created wellknown programs such as diversity visas. What is different today, however is that the u. S. Economy is creating new demands for industries and some that barely diminished. In addition, National Economies had changes to Communication Technologies and now there is a global economy. On top of that, the u. S. Now has twice as many immigrants in more than 40 million today than we did in 1990. And these are some of the things we should adopt and it is better with our economy. I will make my awkward move over to the chair at this time. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] so okay. Today the discussion is about federal Immigration Reform. While congress is debating the changes to the immigration system in cities and suburbs across the country, we are already in the business of incorporating immigrants. We are going to help with this into perspective and we are going to introduce this in a moment. It is a federal responsibility between many state and the miscible actions over the last two years. And over the the fact that localities are part of this. And the success of this is how it is implemented at the local level. Since most of americas immigrants live in these areas, cities and metropolitan areas include industrial structures may have different housing method both native and foreignborn that are different than each other and this include includes when cities immigrate and put out the welcome mat for immigrants to start businesses, pay taxes, find jobs and create homes. In alabama and georgia, they are creating their own enforcement laws and more the investments made were part of the government on top of the organizations and businesses and today there are three places when it comes to the local programs and policies surrounding immigration and i want to talk today about what is happening. To my far left is the commissioner of the Mayors Office of immigrant affairs. She has had a number of jobs in municipal government and she brings such a good perspective of municipal government with more immigrants than any other in the United States, where three out of every five residents is an immigrant that she recently put out a blueprint creating a municipal agenda. She is a true leader among city officials both in the United States and also abroad. Next to her is jason mathes, executive Vice President where he leads the policy initiatives for urban development. He is also one of the creators of utah compact and a pragmatic statement of five principles including immigration discussions the 125,000 immigrants that live in metropolitan area make up about 70 of the population. And to my left we have the executive director of a collaboration between the janitors commission and she has worked with many immigrants throughout her career and brings the unique perspective of understanding both sets of needs and how this works for workers and their families and the communities they live in and metropolitan l. A. Is second largest city in there again about 40 of residents are going outside the United States. So hes pretty much part of the and many others have been focused on making sure that the children of immigrants have been thriving and help us with ways of communicating with immigrant communities and workers have access to programs that help them to have skills in that immigrants get the help that they need. Our guests today have some from a strategic and innovative practices and programs across the country. So as we have just heard, there are lots of possible ways that Immigration Reform might unfold over the coming months and we have a comprehensive set of measures were separate bills for discrete issues, Like High School education and we have just heard about what can happen. So which types of Immigration Reform resonate with you and can you talk about some of the efforts and the organization that are in line with the goals of Immigration Reform and tradition . Thank you, andre, thank you for the Brookings Institution participation that youre making today. Thats why would like to discuss the realities of the complex Immigration Reform. And that Michael Bloomberg has cared so much about this and he has started a National Coalition an in the economy that brings together Business Leaders and mayors. For us it is an economic problem. There are part of this and nearly half of this is and they make our city it is critically important as we help them to realize their full potential in our cities. We talk a lot about this and the realities of this. The senate bill provides a framework to be able to think about this. We have been asked to speak about the opportunities to get them to come out of the shadows that allow them to apply this. Are there particular facet that are more important. Smacked in the high school state, we in new york recognize that we are building what we hope to be competition and a we have a whole new incredible campus that is coming and we have a number of institutions that are universities that are in new york. This is part of th