New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, and an expert panel addressed the role of immigrants and of immigration reform to fuel economic growth locally and nationally.

An AS/COA panel looked at possible advances and setbacks in immigration policy over the next four years, examining the likelihood and scope of immigration reform, how immigration legislation could work its way through Congress, and how to get stakeholders on board.

Do more indigenous and Afro-descendant representatives in national congresses make a difference?