Please join us for a presentation by Cynthia (Cindy) G. Katz. Cindy will share her perspectives on immigration issues and discuss the current and future challenges. Cindy is the Managing Attorney in the New York Office at HIAS, where the Legal Team primarily represents asylum seekers fleeing persecution, survivors of violent crimes, and individuals seeking humanitarian protection and other forms of relief from removal/deportation from the United States. She previously served as an asylum officer at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, where she interviewed people seeking protection from persecution and adjudicated their asylum claims. 

Before entering government service, Cindy created, built, and ran an immigration law firm for 19 years. A longtime member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), she is a recipient of its “Advocate of the Year” award. Cindy is a former member of the Board of Directors of The Center for Multicultural Human Services, a Northern…