[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13736-13737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6213]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1714-95]


Announcement of Membership of Citizens' Advisory Panel and First 
Meeting

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act [5 U.S.C. App. 2] 
and 41 CFR 101-6.1001-101-6.1035, has established a Citizens' Advisory 
Panel (CAP) to provide the Department of Justice with recommendations 
on ways to reduce the number of complaints of abuse made against 
employees of the Service, and to minimize or eliminate the causes for 
those complaints. This notice announces CAP membership, a forthcoming 
meeting, and the agenda for the meeting.

DATES AND TIMES: April 12-13, 1995 at 9:00 A.M.

ADDRESSES: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chester Arthur 
Building, 425 I Street, NW., 6th Floor Conference Room, Washington, DC 
20536.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Morland, CAP Facilitator, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Room 6042, Chester Arthur 
Building, 425 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20536, Telephone (202) 616-
7766.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the charging language of the 
Senate Appropriations Committee Report 102-331 on the FY 1993 Budget 
for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, 
the Service established a Citizens' Advisory Panel for the purpose of 
providing recommendations to the Attorney General on ways to reduce the 
number of complaints of abuse made against employees of the Service 
and, most importantly, to minimize or eliminate the causes for those 
complaints. The CAP is authorized by the Attorney General to (1) accept 
and review civilian complaints made against Service employees, and (2) 
review the systems and procedures used by the Service for responding to 
such complaints. (February 11, 1994 at 59 FR 6658)
    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Charter 
for the Citizens' Advisory Panel (CAP) was filed with Congress, and the 
Attorney General has approved the following members to serve on the 
Panel.

CAP Members

Private Citizen Members

    Miguel A. Conchas, President and C.E.O., Laredo Chamber of 
Commerce, Laredo, TX; Edwin J. Delattre, Dean of the School of 
Education, Boston University, Boston, MA; Carol Rogoff Hallstrom, 
Regional Director, The National Conference, San Diego, CA; Bill Ong 
Hing, Associate Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA; Jose G. 
Moreno, Executive Director, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, El 
Paso, TX; Elsie L. Scott, Deputy Commissioner of Training, New York 
City Police Academy, New York, NY;
    Anna Ochoa Thorne, Immigration Attorney, Phoenix, AZ; and
    Edward J. Tully, Director of Research, FBI National Executive 
Institute Associates, Fredericksburg, VA.

(A ninth private citizen member will be announced shortly).

Government Members

    Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (Chairperson);
    Yvonne Campos, Assistant to the Attorney General, Office of the 
Attorney General, Department of Justice;
    Kenneth Leutbecker, Associate Director, Immigration and Refugee 
Affairs, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice;
    Michael S. Williams, Director, Central Region, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service;
    John Chase, Director, Office of Internal Audit, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (non-voting); and
    Armando Ortiz Rocha, Consul General, Consulate of the Government of 
Mexico (non-voting).

Summary of Agenda

    As this is the first meeting of the CAP, the principal purposes of 
the meeting will be to introduce the members to each other and to 
discuss future activities of the CAP. There will also be an overview of 
the Service as well as a general discussion of the current complaint 
review process. The CAP will be chaired by Doris Meissner, Commissioner 
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. [[Page 13737]] 

Public Participation

    The CAP meeting is open to the interested public, but limited to 
the space available. Persons wishing to attend should notify the CAP 
Facilitator at least two days before the meeting. Any member of the 
public may file a written statement with the CAP Facilitator before the 
meeting. Minutes of the meeting will be available on request.

    Dated: March 8, 1995.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6213 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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