Theresa Cardinal-Brown
Theresa Cardinal Brown is BPC’s Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy. Brown was Director of Immigration and Border Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Associate Director of Business Immigration Advocacy at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and served as a policy advisor in the Office of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In 2005 and 2006, she became a member and later director of the Immigration Legislation Task Force in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Policy.
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Professional achievements:
Director of immigration and cross-border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, DC-based think tank
Previously led a consulting firm, Cardinal North Strategies, LLC
Former director of immigration and border policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and associate director of business immigration advocacy at the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Worked in the immigration practices of large Washington, D.C.-based law firms
Served as a director and of counsel at The Sentinel HS Group, LLC
Extensive career in government, including:
Policy advisor in the office of the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Participated in Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s Second Stage Review of USCIS
Member and later director of the Immigration Legislation Task Force in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Policy
Served as the first DHS director of Canadian affairs, and subsequently as the first DHS attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa
Appeared on Fox News, NPR Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, CNN International, and BBC World
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