Summit Old Guard Speaker Program - Immigration Policies Under the Second Trump Administration

Our speaker, Mark Scher, is a retired attorney with decades of experience in immigration law. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he earned his law degree from the University of Warsaw before arriving in the United States as a refugee in 1969. He later received a J.D., and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University. He served as an attorney with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, an Administrative Law Judge, and later practiced immigration law in New York City. He will discuss the current immigration policies, including efforts to reduce unauthorized immigration, expand detention and deportation, restrict asylum and refugee protections, limit humanitarian immigration programs, and strengthen executive authority over immigration enforcement (ICE). He will also review the major immigration decisions of the Supreme Court's 2025–2026 term and explain how several rulings reinforced the administration's policies.

Mark Scher

The Summit Area Old Guard is a social, educational, and recreational organization that serves men of retirement age. We meet Tuesdays, 9:30am, at the New Providence Presbyterian Church located at 1307 Springfield Ave – we encourage visitation, and all are welcome. Our motto is “Come for the Programs. Stay for the Friends.” The organization was founded in 1930. Our website address is www.summitoldguard.org.