Join us in Knight Law Center Room 175 and via livestream for Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy, featuring Hiroshi Motomura (UCLA Law)

Hiroshi Motomura is among the nation’s most prominent and respected scholars of immigration law and citizenship with influence across a range of academic disciplines and in federal, state, and local policymaking. He is the Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Motomura is the author of Immigration Outside the Law (Oxford 2014), Americans in Waiting (Oxford 2006), many influential articles on immigration and citizenship, and he is a co-author of the law school casebook, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy. He has testified in Congress and served on the ABA Commission on Immigration. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Migration Review and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2018.

Motomura's most recent book, book Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy (Oxford 2025) is described as a uniquely broad and fair-minded guide to making immigration policy ethical. The book:

• challenges the conventional wisdom and narrow perspectives within immigration policy research,
• ​​​​​​lays the foundation for thinking creatively but realistically about this complex topics, and
• suggests fresh approaches and solutions to the problems of national borders and immigration policy

Part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground: Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges.

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Free to attend keynote, presented by Brookings Senior Fellow Adie Tomer. Adie's presentation is titled “Financing the Future of Housing: How Infrastructure Supports Communities of All Sizes” and will build off the themes and work conducted earlier in the day.

Join us in-person or via livestream for a panel focused on Housing Solutions for Oregon's Rural Communities. This event is part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground: Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges and is co-sponsored by UO's School of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM).

Speakers include: Ben Clark - Professor; Director, UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management Eric Mongan - Housing Production Manager for Lane County Rebecca Lewis - Associate Professor; Director, UO's Institute for Policy Research and Engagement Steve Adams - Policy Director for Lane County

In this discussion, panelists will share options for addressing Oregon's rural housing challenges, including ideas gleaned at the Oct. 29-30 Rural Housing Policy Incubator, a summit where policymakers, industry leaders, and experts will roll up their sleeves and develop a focused set of policy and funding recommendations for the 2026 Oregon Legislative Session. 

The summit, organized by Inspire Oregon, is a collaborative effort between PPPM and the government of Lane County, Oregon. It aims to create a platform to gather leaders and doers from across Oregon to collaborate, innovate, and drive change. 

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Attend via livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/1fHwqSAhQOM