Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program
HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE
Featuring Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director, Lawyers for Civil Rights
April 20, 2026
Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is on the front lines of the fight for immigrant rights. During the first Trump administration, LCR filed some of the country’s earliest lawsuits to defend welcoming cities, preserve humanitarian programs, reunite families separated at the border, and challenge immigration enforcement in sensitive locations such as courthouses. More recently, LCR filed cases challenging attacks on birthright citizenship, opposing efforts to dismantle Temporary Protected Status, and seeking to block federal attempts to defund immigrant-friendly cities.
Mr. Espinoza-Madrigal examines the legal theories and causes of action that LCR and other organizations are using to hold ICE accountable and will highlight key litigation strategies and takeaways.
Consular Processing: What Goes on Behind the Curtains?
Featuring Tiffney Johnson, Susan Willis McFadden and Celeste Roman
March 18, 2026
Tiffney Johnson is a former career consular officer with multiple assignments in Latin America and Australia. Soon after graduating from the James E. Rogers College of Law in 2019, she opened her own practice in Tucson, where she focuses on temporary work visas and immigrant visas for outstanding artists, academics, entrepreneurs and professionals with advanced degrees.
Susan McFadden graduated from Stanford Law School and practiced employment and immigration law in Phoenix and Tucson until 1998, when she moved to London, England. Thereafter, she practiced exclusively U.S. immigration law, primarily with her own firm, until she retired in 2020. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and is a solicitor under the law of England and Wales.
Celeste Roman is a partner at the law firm of Green Evans Schroeder. Her practice areas include both immigrant and non-immigrant visas and consular processing. She represents clients before U.S. consulates worldwide, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service offices throughout the U.S. Immigration Courts in Arizona, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. She has also represented clients in immigration-related appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and in federal mandamus actions before the Arizona District Court.
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40 Years Without Immigration Reform
January 27, 2026
The Statue of Liberty welcomes the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” but our immigration policy has strayed far from that American ideal. How did this happen? What can be different?
Kari E. Hong has been an immigration attorney, law professor, and immigration advocate. She has represented more than 500 non-citizens, including more than 300 people before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her scholarship and commentary has been featured in many national outlets, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, SCOTUS Blog, and CNN.
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The Future of Asylum in Africa and Beyond
April 7, 2025
Leah Ndimurwimo is a Visiting Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and an Associate Professor at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa, joins us to discuss the future of asylum in Africa and Beyond. There are over 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. At the same time, antiimmigrant and immigration restrictionism is on the rise. Can existing legal frameworks withstand these growing pressures and political shifts? Prof. Ndimurwimo will address this question, focusing on developments in South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi.
Lynn Marcus is a Clinical Law Professor at the James E. Rogers College of Law and one of the Co-Directors of the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program. Prof. Marcus will provide information on similar issues and trends in the United States.
U.S. Immigration Law and Policy for the 21st Century: Visualizing a System that Works for Employers, Workers, and the U.S. Economy
April 15, 2024
Jose Ivan Sanchez-Rodriguez, a research scholar for the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University, and Jose Vazquez, a partner in the Tucson immigration law firm Wolf Sultan Vazquez, P.C., discuss issues relating to employment-based visas and the impact of immigration policies and procedures on U.S. businesses and the economy overall. Issues addressed include labor shortages, the positive impact of immigrant and migrant workers on the economy, failings in the current system, and suggested solutions.
Professor Lynn Marcus, co-director of the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program, moderates the discussion.
From the Border to Boston: Unpacking the Migrant Crisis
January 25, 2024
Iván Espinoza-Madrigal is the Executive Director of the Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), joins us for a catalytic discussion focusing on the surge of migrants and asylum seekers at the U.S. border, and the multifaceted legal and policy responses at the local, state and federal level. How are developments at the border affecting day-to-day life in cities thousands of miles away? Why are employment, housing, and other essential services for survival and community integration scarce? We will explore the comprehensive solutions needed to make progress on these pressing intersectional issues.
Mr. Espinoza-Madrigal was joined by his colleague, Mirian Albert, Senior Attorney for the Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR). Mirian is co-counsel in LCR’s groundbreaking Martha’s Vineyard litigation against Florida Governor DeSantis. She was among the first attorneys to arrive on the island in response to the crisis, and the news images reflect her extensive work on the ground. She recapped the developments of the Martha’s Vineyard litigation.
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