The U.S. Sentencing Commission will hold a public hearing to receive testimony from invited witnesses on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines on immigration.

The public hearing will be held from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (ET) and will be streamed live on the Commission’s website. More information.

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Panel I
Immigration: View from the Bench

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz
Chief United States District Judge
United States District Court
Southern District of California

Honorable Raner C. Collins
Chief United States District Judge
United States District Court
District of Arizona

Honorable Philip R. Martinez
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Western District of Texas

Honorable Andrew S. Hanen
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

Panel II
Immigration: View from the Field
9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
United States Attorney
Western District of Texas
U.S. Department of Justice

Marjorie A. Meyers
Federal Public Defender
Southern District of Texas

Knut S. Johnson
Ninth Circuit Representative
Practitioners Advisory Group

Richard C. Bohlken
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Panel III
Immigration: Academic and Expert Perspective
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Jennifer Podkul
Senior Program Officer, Migrant Rights and Justice Program
Women’s Refugee Commission

Victor M. Manjarrez, Jr.
Project Director, Center for Law and Human Behavior
University of Texas at El Paso

Wendy Young
President
Kids in Need of Defense

Chris Rickerd
Policy Counsel
American Civil Liberties Union
Washington Legislative Office

Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Panel IV
Animal Fighting: Practitioner and Public Groups
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Jean Williams
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Chris Schindler
Director of Animal Crimes
Animal Cruelty, Rescue and Response Department
The Humane Society of the United States

Jennifer Chin
Vice President of Legal Advocacy
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Panel V
Child Pornography Circuit Conflicts and Miscellaneous Amendments: Advocacy and Advisory Groups
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Alexandra Gelber
Deputy Chief
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Neil Fulton
Federal Public Defender
Districts of North Dakota and South Dakota

Richard C. Bohlken
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Mary G. Leary
Member
Victims Advisory Group

Adjourn
2:30 p.m.