2025 Binger Center for New Americans Fall Immigration Forum

Defending Belonging: Citizenship, Power, and the Future of Immigrant Rights
When
November 7, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Where
Walter F. Mondale Hall
Room 25

University of Minnesota Law School
229 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

2025 Fall Immigration Forum

The James H. Binger Center for New Americans held the 2025 Fall Immigration Forum on Friday, November 7, 2025 at the University of Minnesota Law School, Walter F. Mondale Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year’s forum explored the themes of being, becoming, and belonging within the American experiment. Sessions offered historical perspectives on citizenship, engaged in debates and innovative approaches to protecting immigrant rights in our communities, and provided practical tools for discussing immigration issues with those who hold different views.

CLE Credits

6.5 Standard CLE credits approved (in-person and livestream); event code: #539440 

6.5 Standard CLE credits approved (on-demand); event code: #541243

CLE Credit rules for receiving on-demand credit:

The Binger Center sought 6.5 on-demand Minnesota CLE credits for the 2025 Fall Immigration Forum with the Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education.  In order to claim credits for the sessions you view on-demand, you must complete the steps below.

  1. Viewing must take place between December 23, 2025 and December 23, 2027.
  2. Register for the conference by selecting the “On-Demand” option.
  3. Viewers can submit questions to course faculty by emailing [email protected].
  4. Viewers can confirm their completion of the course by completing the course evaluation.
  5. After you have listened to the recording, you will need to report the on-demand course in the OASIS system and input the date you watched the CLE to receive credit.
    1. On-demand CLE code: 541243

Watch our recording of the event 

Files

2025 Binger Center Fall Immigration Forum Program.pdf

2025 Annual Immigration Master Slide Deck.pdf

2025 Fall Immigration Forum Materials

CLE Credits
6 Standard CLE credits will been requested
Reception

A brief reception will follow this event in Auerbach Commons. 

Parking Information
Who
Matt Adams
Matt Adams

Legal Director

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Sarah Brenes
Sarah Brenes

Executive Director 
James H. Binger Center for New Americans

University of Minnesota Law School
Linus Chan
Linus Chan

Professor of Clinical Law
James H. Binger Center for New Americans

University of Minnesota Law School
William Doherty
Bill Doherty

Emeritus Professor

University of Minnesota
Benjamin Farley
Benjamin R. Farley

Special Counsel
National Immigration Law Center

Visiting Fellow
Human Rights Center 
University of Minnesota Law School

National Immigration Law Center
Andrea Flores
Andrea Flores

Vice President, Immigration Policy and Campaigns

Fwd.us
Mary Georgevich
Mary Georgevich

Senior Litigation Attorney 
National Immigrant Justice Center

Jaylani Hussein
Jaylani Hussein

Executive Director

Council on American-Islamic Relations - Minnesota Chapter (CAIR-MN)
Evelyn Rangel-Medina
Evelyn Rangel

Assistant Professor of Law

Temple University Beasley School of Law
Ryan Perez
Ryan Perez

Organizing Director

COPAL
Ana Pottratz Acosta
Ana Pottratz Acosta.

Visiting Professor 
James H. Binger Center for New Americans

University of Minnesota Law School
Kelly Shanahan
Kelly Shanahan.

Immigration and Human Rights Fellow
James H. Binger Center for New Americans

University of Minnesota Law School
Michael Caleb Soto
Caleb Soto

Workers' Rights Director

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
Liliana Zaragoza
Liliana Zaragoza

Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Racial Justice Clinic
University of Minnesota Law School

Contact
Kgomotso Magagula