With immigration front and center in the November 2024 elections, Documented has been hearing from immigration experts and professionals.
We invite you to attend a 30-minute virtual roundtable conversation following the 2024 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
The conversation will be over Zoom at 1:30pm on Wednesday, September 11th. Register to receive details to join the event live. Attendees will be invited to ask questions of the participating immigration experts. The event is free and open to the public. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE.
There will be four speakers on the call — Documented’s Fisayo Okare, as the moderator, and all three experts including David Dyssegaard Kallick — Director, Immigration Research Initiative, Nils Kinuani — Federal Policy Manager, African Communities Together; and Rovika Rajkishun — Partnerships Strategist at the Ellis Island Initiative.
- We will debrief the presidential debate between Harris and Trump and discuss their their thoughts and concerns about the election, including:
- What would a Kamala or Trump presidency mean for the United States in regards to immigration issues and policies?
- What have past government administrations and current administrations failed to do in regards to the asylum process and TPS?
- How are the politics of this moment clouding major immigration issues that are yet to be addressed?
Nils Kinuani is African Communities Together’s Federal Policy Manager. Nils brings with him over 8 years of invaluable experience in immigration services and a passion for community leadership. Kinuani started his career as an immigration paralegal and quickly ascended to the role of Government Affairs Manager, where he led the development and management of the firm’s government affairs program. Nils also serves as the Immigration Coordinator and Board Director for the Congolese Community of Washington Metropolitan, where he advocates for immigrant rights and supports vulnerable communities.
Rovika Rajkishun is Partnerships Strategist at the Ellis Island Initiative, a statewide coalition of New York’s leading labor, business, faith and advocacy organizations aiming to transform the state’s approach to integrating migrant families into New York’s communities. To meet this moment, the Ellis Island Initiative has been convening leading voices from across the ideological spectrum to highlight how communities all over New York can benefit from a thoughtful, non-political approach to integrating new immigrants.
David Dyssegaard Kallick is director of Immigration Research Initiative. He is the author of numerous studies, book chapters, and academic papers on the economic and fiscal aspects of immigration at the national, state, metro area, and local level with a particular focus on the regions of New York State.
Prior to starting Immigration Research Initiative he was deputy director and director of immigration research at the Fiscal Policy Institute, and before that senior fellow of the Preamble Center and editor of Social Policy magazine. In addition to his work at IRI, Kallick teaches Urban Economics at the Pratt Institute’s Graduate School for City and Regional Planning.
Fisayo Okare is a journalist and Documented’s Newsletter Writer. She is renowned for her dedication to excellence and passion for storytelling. At Documented, Fisayo writes the flagship newsletter “Early Arrival” and is the lead writer for Documented’s “Our City,” an interview series where she speaks to prominent and influential New Yorkers who have deep connections to New York’s immigrant communities, some of whom are immigrants themselves. She also hosted and produced “Documented’s Immigration News Roundup” on WBAI 99.5 FM radio.
