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Michele Bond is a retired U.S. diplomat with a stunning career, serving in places across the globe as diverse as The Netherlands to Lesotho, where she was Ambassador from 2010-2012. She was nominated by President Obama to become Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs in 2015, a post which she held until 27th January of this year.
Bond will be speaking on ’Trump’s Rhetoric and U.S. Immigration Security Concerns’; tackling the new administration’s record, the presence of xenophobia in the U.S. and the proposed changes to visas still yet to be seen.
She will be lending her unique insight into the ramifications of Trump’s proposals and shedding some light on ‘key elements that deserve more attention than they have received’. As the previous head of the department, Bond offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of an administration intent on introducing such policies as the notorious ‘Muslim ban’, ‘extreme vetting’, and the crack down on illegal immigrants.
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