{{short description|American politician}}
{{Distinguish|Margaret Stocks}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Margaret Stock |image = Margaret Stock (cropped).jpg |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}} |birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican (before 2016)<br>Independent (2016–present) |education = Harvard University (AB, JD, MPA)<br>United States Army War College (MS) |website = {{url|margaretforalaska.com|Campaign website}} |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |rank = 18px Lieutenant Colonel |unit = Military Police Corps }} '''Margaret D. Stock''' (born 1961) is an American politician, immigration attorney, and retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve. She is a recognized expert on immigration law as it applies to U.S. military personnel and veterans.
Stock is a 2013 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.<ref name=Tabo>{{cite news|last=Tabo|first=Tamara|title=Who Says Lawyers Can't Be Geniuses? An Attorney Wins A MacArthur Genius Grant|newspaper=Above The Law|location=New York City|date=September 26, 2013|url=http://abovethelaw.com/2013/09/who-says-lawyers-cant-be-geniuses-an-attorney-wins-a-macarthur-genius-grant/|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name=ADN>{{cite news|last=Mauer|first=Richard|title=Anchorage lawyer among 24 'genius' grant winners|newspaper=Alaska Dispatch News|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=September 23, 2013|url=https://www.adn.com/anchorage/article/anchorage-lawyer-among-24-genius-grant-winners/2013/09/25/|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="macarthur bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.macfound.org/fellows/904/|title=Margaret Stock| publisher=John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|work=Meet the class of 2013|access-date=21 September 2014|date=25 September 2013}}</ref> She has taught law at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.<ref name=Tabo/>
She ran for the United States Senate as an Independent candidate in the 2016 Senate election in Alaska.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Devin|title=Anchorage attorney Margaret Stock challenging Lisa Murkowski for Senate|newspaper=Alaska Dispatch News|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=February 17, 2016|url=http://www.adn.com/article/20160217/anchorage-attorney-margaret-stock-challenging-lisa-murkowski-senate|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Stock was born in Boston in 1961 and grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was the fourth of nine children. When she was six years old, her father had the first of several heart attacks, and he died when she was 15. The family was in crisis, and she spent time in a homeless shelter and a foster home. While in high school, she got involved the Civil Air Patrol but she dropped out of high school before graduating.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretforalaska.com/bio/|title=Bio|date=2016|website=Margaret Stock U.S. Senate|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref>
A high school guidance counselor helped her gain admission to Boston University, where she enlisted in the Reserve Officer Training Corps. She completed paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and later transferred to Harvard.<ref name=Bio/>
Stock earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Radcliffe College in 1985, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1992, a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2001, and a Master of Science in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2006.<ref name="Bishop">{{cite news|last=Bishop|first=Sophy|date=September 30, 2013|title=Immigration Specialist Margaret Stock '92 receives MacArthur Genius Award|newspaper=Harvard Law Today|url=http://today.law.harvard.edu/immigration-specialist-margaret-stock-92-receives-macarthur-genius-award/|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
==Career== Stock led the development of three programs pertaining to immigration issues within the US military. The Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program, started in 2008, in cooperation with the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, helped the U.S. Armed Forces to attract and retain foreign nationals with language, medical, and other skills critical to military readiness and national security.<ref name=Tabo/><ref name=Dischner>{{cite news|last=Dischner|first=Molly|title=MacArthur fellow focused on immigration, military issues|newspaper=Alaska Journal of Commerce|location=Anchorage, Alaska|date=October 3, 2013|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/arts-entertainment/2013-10-03/macarthur-fellow-focused-immigration-military-issues#.WBEQIr1lCBY|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="macarthur bio"/> She spearheaded the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) MAP program, "which pairs volunteer attorneys across the United States" with military families in need of their services.<ref name=Tabo/><ref name=Dischner/><ref name="macarthur bio"/> She also helped start the naturalization at Basic Combat Training program.<ref name=Tabo/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11-06-28%20Stock%20Testimony.pdf |title=Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011|last=Stock|first=Margaret|publisher=US Senate|date=June 28, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://judiciary.house.gov/_files/hearings/printers/110th/42509.PDF|title=Immigration Need of America's Fighting Men and Women|publisher=US Government Printing Office|date=2008|access-date=December 20, 2011}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://judiciary.house.gov/_files/hearings/pdf/Stock080520.pdf|title=Immigration Problems of US Military Members, Veterans, & Their Families|last=Stock|first=Margaret|publisher=US Senate|date=May 28, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref>
Stock has also spent many years teaching. From 2001 to 2010, she worked as a professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point<ref name=Tabo/> first in the Department of Law, then in the Department of Social Sciences. She also taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage<ref name=Tabo/> in the political science department for two years. She is a former member of the Federalist Society.<ref>[https://fedsoc.org/contributors/margaret-stock Margaret D. Stock], The Federalist Society. Retrieved March 10, 2019.</ref>
== 2016 Senate campaign == In 2016, Stock ran as an independent against Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Her candidacy received the support of former Senator Mark Begich, a Democrat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=James |date=2016-10-11 |title=An Interview with Margaret Stock |url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/2016-10-11/interview-margaret-stock |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Alaska Journal |language=en}}</ref> Stock came in third with 13.2% of the total vote, approximately 5,000 more votes than Democratic nominee Ray Metcalfe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/16GENR/data/results.htm | title=2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results | publisher=elections.alaska.gov | date=November 8, 2016 | access-date=December 15, 2016}}</ref> thumb|Stock in 2016
==Recognition== The ''Washington Times'' called her "the foremost authority on military veterans facing deportation."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Jeremy |date=15 May 2016 |title=Trouble with the law leads to veterans' exile |work=Washington Times |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/15/trouble-with-the-law-leads-to-veterans-exile/?page=all |access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref> Stock has testified regularly before Congress on issues involving immigration and national security.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stock |first=Margaret |date=June 28, 2011 |title=Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011 |url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11-06-28%20Stock%20Testimony.pdf |access-date=December 20, 2011 |publisher=US Senate}}<br />{{cite web |date=2008 |title=Immigration Need of America's Fighting Men and Women |url=http://judiciary.house.gov/_files/hearings/printers/110th/42509.PDF |access-date=December 20, 2011 |publisher=US Government Printing Office}}<br />{{cite web |last=Stock |first=Margaret |date=May 28, 2011 |title=Immigration Problems of US Military Members, Veterans, & Their Families |url=http://judiciary.house.gov/_files/hearings/pdf/Stock080520.pdf |access-date=December 20, 2011 |publisher=US Senate}}</ref>
=== Awards === * 2013 – MacArthur Fellowship by John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation * 2009 – Joint Service Commendation Medal by United States Armed Forces * 2008 – Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award by American Immigration Lawyers Association<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.aila.org/about/annual-awards/michael-maggio-memorial-pro-bono | title =Michael Maggio Memorial Pro Bono Award | date =2016 | website =American Immigration Lawyers Association | access-date =October 26, 2016 | quote =In recognition of outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the immigration field }}</ref> * 2005 – Advocacy Award by American Immigration Lawyers Association
==Bibliography== * What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Non-Citizens & the United States Military, in What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Immigration Law, American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (2014) (book chapter). * AILA's Guide to U.S. Citizenship & Naturalization Law, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2014, at 153–182 (book chapter). * Immigration Law and the Military (American Immigration Lawyers Association 2012) (book). * Professionals: A Matter of Degree (5th Ed.) (co-authored with Martin J. Lawler) (AILA 2009). * The Role of Immigration in A Coordinated National Security Policy, 21 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 383 (2007) (co-authored with Donald Kerwin).
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==External links== {{Commons category|Margaret Stock}} * [http://www.margaretforalaska.com Margaret Stock campaign website] * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/09/27/macarthur-fellow-margaret-stock-the-public-doesnt-understand-illegal-immigration/ ''Washington Post'' interview – "MacArthur fellow Margaret Stock: The public ‘doesn't understand' illegal immigration"]
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