Doris Meissner

Doris Meissner
Meissner in 2019
14th Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service[1]
In office
October 18, 1993 – November 18, 2000[1]
Preceded byGene McNary
Succeeded byJames W. Ziglar
Personal details
Born
Doris Marie Borst

(1941-11-03) November 3, 1941 (age 83)[2]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

Doris Marie Meissner[2] (born November 3, 1941) is a former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the agency previously responsible for immigration enforcement in the United States. She headed the INS from October 18, 1993 (nominated June 1993) to November 18, 2000, under United States President Bill Clinton and United States Attorney General Janet Reno.[1][3][4] She is currently Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute and has previously worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Doris Meissner. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, October 18, 1993 - November 18, 2000". United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. February 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nyt-ins-start-profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ifill, Gwen (June 19, 1993). "President Chooses an Expert To Halt Smuggling of Aliens". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Eggen, Dan (November 20, 2000). "Meissner Ends Embattled Tenure as Head of INS; Immigration Wave Tested Her Reshaping of Agency". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Doris Meissner. Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program". Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved July 5, 2016.