Title Executive Director | Name Ali Noorani | |
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Website www.immigrationforum.org Education University of California, Berkeley Organization National Immigration Forum | ||
Ali noorani on immigration
Ali Noorani has been since 2008 the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington, D.C.- based U.S. immigration policy organization.
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- Ali noorani on immigration
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- Biography
- Professional activities
- Film
- Publications
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Biography
Noorani was born in California, the son of Pakistani immigrants. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and received his Master’s in Public Health from Boston University. He then served as the Director of Public Health for the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center and Codman Square Health Center, two large community health centers in Boston, and worked for the City of Boston coordinating funding and technical assistance to regional environmental projects. Before joining the Forum, Noorani was Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).
Professional activities
Noorani is a frequent voice on immigration policy and politics, and he has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News, and various radio and local news programs. He has been quoted in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today, and he speaks regularly on immigration at conferences and college campuses.
Noorani has led the Forum through a transition process to broaden its focus on unlikely allies and creative alliance building toward a better for future for immigrants and America. He secured accreditation from the Better Business Bureau and a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
Film
Noorani was featured in the 2009 documentary Papers – the movie. Papers is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status.
He also appeared in Story 12 of How Democracy Works Now, a 12-part documentary film series that examines the American political system through the lens of immigration reform from 2001 to 2007. The series was directed and produced by award-winning filmmaking team Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. A cut of the film premiered on HBO in March 2010, under the title The Senator's Bargain.