Mary Giovagnoli
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Name: Mary Giovagnoli
Date registered: June 1, 2009
Biography
Mary Giovagnoli is the Director of the Immigration Policy Center. Prior to IPC, Mary served as Senior Director of Policy for the National Immigration Forum and practiced law as an attorney with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security—serving first as a trial attorney and associate general counsel with the INS, and, following the creation of DHS, as an associate chief counsel for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Mary specialized in asylum and refugee law, focusing on the impact of general immigration laws on asylees. In 2005, Mary became the senior advisor to the Director of Congressional Relations at USCIS. She was also awarded a Congressional Fellowship from USCIS to serve for a year in Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s office where she worked on comprehensive immigration reform and refugee issues. Mary attended Drake University, graduating summa cum laude with a major in speech communication. She received a master’s degree in rhetoric and completed additional graduate coursework in rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin, before receiving a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She spent more than ten years teaching public speaking, argumentation and debate, and parliamentary procedure while pursuing her education.
Latest posts
- What Does the Success of the Mark-Up Tell us About the Coming Full Senate Vote on Immigration? — May 23, 2013
- Subtle but Dramatic Progress on Immigration Reform — May 17, 2013
- Senate Immigration Bill Mark-Up: What to Expect — May 8, 2013
- Immigration Watchdogs: Keep Calm and Press On — March 22, 2013
- Recognizing Immigrant Women’s Needs in Immigration Reform — March 8, 2013
Most commented posts
- “Anchor Baby” Added to New American Heritage Dictionary — 28 comments
- DHS Publishes New Provisional Waiver to Help Some Families Stay Together — 11 comments
- What ICE’s Latest Memo on Prosecutorial Discretion Means for Future Immigration Cases — 11 comments
- USCIS One Step Closer to Adopting Improvement to Immigration Waiver Process — 11 comments
- Building on a DREAM: What the Obama Administration Can Do Right Now to Fix Immigration — 10 comments
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One year ago, with the presidential race in full swing and proponents of self-deportation making the headlines, it would have been difficult to predict the extraordinary vote that took place Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ten Democrats and three Republicans voted to pass S. 744 out of committee and send a comprehensive immigration bill …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/23/what-does-the-success-of-the-mark-up-tell-us-about-the-coming-full-senate-vote-on-immigration/
Yesterday was day 3 of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s mark-up on S. 744, the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill. While it wasn’t as exciting as the first two days—no dramatic speeches or vocal disagreement—several important votes were taken to modify the mandatory E-verify program, adding and subtracting protections, safeguards, and reporting requirements. This lack of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/17/13573/
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin the long awaited mark-up of S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” the 844 page bill designed to overhaul our broken immigration system. We can expect some genuine efforts to improve the bill from both sides, but we can also expect a lot of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/08/senate-immigration-bill-mark-up-what-to-expect/
We’ve hit a point in the life cycle of the long awaited Senate immigration reform bill that a lot of parents will remember well. It’s those last few days before the baby is born, when anxiety and excitement are present in equal measure. Rather than speculating about the baby’s eye color or who the baby …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/22/immigration-watchdogs-keep-calm-and-press-on/
While the recent debate over reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act may have reminded the nation that there are “women’s issues” in immigration law, it doesn’t necessarily follow that most people regard immigration reform as a woman’s issue. Despite the fact that immigrant women make up a growing …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/08/recognizing-immigrant-womens-needs-in-immigration-reform/
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Administration, Border, Business, Children, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Congress, Deferred Action, E-Verify, Employment, Integration, National Legislation, President Obama, Progressives, Reform, Undocumented Immigration, Visas
by Mary Giovagnoli
February 19, 2013
Over the weekend, the press reported on a leaked draft of portions of the White House’s immigration proposal, and the coverage since then has been largely a frenzied discussion of whether the leak will kill Senate negotiations. There shouldn’t be much chance of that, given the immense pressure on the Senate to not only come …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/19/putting-the-while-house-immigration-reform-proposal-into-perspective/
This week, the White House revealed that President Obama will lay out a proposal for immigration reform at a speech in Nevada next week. The visit to the home state of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may reflect the strong support Reid and Nevada Latinos have given to Obama. It also follows Senator Reid’s clear …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/25/senates-symbolic-bill-rings-opening-bell-on-immigration-reform/
News stories continue to highlight the growing likelihood that immigration reform will play a prominent role in Congress this spring. According to an article in Sunday’s New York Times, both the White House and Congress are deeply engaged in immigration reform legislation, with a bipartisan group of Senators working methodically through tough issues like enforcement …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/14/momentum-on-immigration-reform-continues-to-build/
Ever since the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, political odds makers have been betting that gun safety will top the President’s list of priorities this year, despite previous statements prioritizing immigration reform. That’s an unfortunate characterization, pitting two important issues against one another and adding to the mistaken idea that immigration reform is such a …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/10/why-immigration-reform-and-gun-control-arent-in-competition/
Some families facing long separations from their loved ones because of U.S. immigration laws will have an easier time of it in 2013. Thanks to a new regulation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), immediate relatives of U.S. citizens will be able to complete part of the processing of their immigration cases without leaving …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/02/dhs-publishes-new-provisional-waiver-to-help-some-families-stay-together/
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