Kerwin, Donald

Donald Kerwin

Donald Kerwin directed the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) from September 2011 to November 2022.  Before that, he worked for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) between 1992 and 2008, serving as its Executive Director (ED) for 15 years and its interim ED for six months in late 2012 and early 2013. Upon his arrival at CLINIC in 1992, Mr. Kerwin coordinated CLINIC’s political asylum project for Haitians. Between 2008 and 2011, Mr. Kerwin served as Vice-President for Programs at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), where he wrote on immigration, labor standards, and refugee policy issues. At present, he is a Senior Fellow at Emory University's Center for Law and Religion.