Ali Noorani

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Ali Noorani
OrganizationNational Immigration Forum
TitleExecutive Director
Websitewww.immigrationforum.org

Ali Noorani (born 1974) is an American nonprofit leader who has been the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington, D.C.- based immigration policy organization, since 2008. [1] [2]

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Biography

Noorani was born in California in 1974, the son of Pakistani immigrants. [3] He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996, and a master's degree in Public Health at Boston University in 1999. [4] [5] Noorani 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).[ citation needed ]

Professional activities

Noorani is a frequent voice on immigration policy and politics, [6] and he has appeared on Fox News, [7] CNN, [8] MSNBC, [9] NBC News, [10] ABC News, [11] and various radio and local news programs. He has been quoted in newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, [12] New York Times [13] and USA Today, [14] and he speaks regularly on immigration at conferences [15] and college campuses. [16]

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. [17] The National Immigration Forum has accreditation from the Better Business Bureau [18] and a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. [19]

Film

Noorani was featured in the 2009 documentary Papers – the movie. [20] 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. [21]

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