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Event Summary
At a moment when calls for large-scale deportations are reshaping politics on both sides of the Atlantic, an International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) panel asks a difficult question: Can democracies actually deport large numbers of people, and what happens if they try?
Despite years of political focus, large-scale deportation remains extraordinarily difficult to execute in democratic systems governed by courts, rights protections, and bureaucratic limits. This timely panel explored what is politically popular, what is legally possible, and what is practically achievable.
Panelists
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies (Moderator)
Viktor Marsai, Director of the Budapest-based Migration Research Institute
Matt O’Brien, Deputy Executive Director, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Jim Robb, Vice President of Alliances, NumbersUSA
Date and Location
April 9, 2026
Washington, DC