Immigration Conference: Immigration Policy and Human Rights: Perspectives from Border Communities
molly
New Mexico State University will host the conference "Immigration Policy and Human Rights: Perspectives from Border Communities" June 17-22. The conference includes keynote speaker Maria Hinojosa of NPR-Latino USA and PBS-NOW (on June 18), as well as researchers and advocates for the rights of migrants in Mexico and the US. Free and open to the public. Spanish/English translation provided.
Please see program and registration details at http://immigration.nmsu.edu
Best regards,
Neil Harvey
Department of Government
New Mexico State University
2012 Immigration Policy Conference
Immigration Policy and Human Rights: Perspectives from Border Communities
June 17-22, 2012 Las Cruces, NM
REGISTER FOR THIS CONFERENCE
The lack of immigration reform at the national level has been accompanied by increasing enforcement measures which directly impact communities in the US-Mexico border region. This conference focuses on the social impacts of border enforcement and discusses the challenges facing community organizations as they seek to promote dialogue and alternative approaches based on respect for human rights. Panels will include scholars and community leaders from the US and Mexico with first-hand knowledge of the current legal and social challenges facing immigrants, border communities and policy makers. Comparative and historical contexts will also be discussed in order to understand similarities and differences regarding the discourses and practices surrounding immigration policy in Mexico and the United States. The conference will be followed by three community events with the goals of fostering broader dialogue and new networks for creating and disseminating new knowledge.
A keynote speech will be given by award winning journalist and author Maria Hinojosa entitled, "Stories from the Frontlines: Detention, Deporation, and the New America" on Monday, June 18 at 7.00 pm. Click here to read her bio
2012 Immigration Policy Conference: Program of Events
All of the following panels will take place in Corbett Center Auditorium unless otherwise noted. The events listed below are free and open to the public. Spanish and English translation will be provided.
Monday, June 18
9.00-9.15am Introduction
- Neil Harvey: NMSU, Department of Government
- Iñigo García-Bryce: NMSU, Center for Latin American and Border Studies
- Sandra Garabano: UTEP, Center for Inter-American and Border Studies
- Susan Tiano: UNM, Latin American and Iberian Institute
9.15-10.45am Panel 1: Enforcement Policies and Social Consequences
Exploring the Gap between Promises and Policies: The Obama Administration, Immigrant Deportations, and the Role of Institutional Fragmentation
- Jose Villalobos: UTEP, Department of Political Science
Mexican Migrant Experiences of Repatriation and Violence
- Scott Whiteford: University of Arizona, Center for Latin American Studies
The Evolving Terrain of Detainment, Detention, and Deportation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
- Tia Upchurch-Freelove: Graduate Student, NMSU, Department of Government
11.15-12.45pm Panel 2: Historical Aspects of Immigration
Arriving in America: NMSU's Spring 2012 Speaker Series on Immigration History
- Andrea Orzoff: NMSU, Department of History
Discourses to Power: Whiteness, Race, and Citizenship in U.S. Immigration History
- Barbara Reyes: UNM, Department of History
History of Immigrant Advocacy in the Midland/Odessa Area of Texas
- Ginger Schantz: Graduate Student, NMSU, Department of Government
2.15-3.45pm Film: Lost in Detention (PBS, 2011) and discussion with producer Maria Hinojosa (Writer and Journalist, PBS-NOW; NPR-Latino USA; PBS-Need to Know) (Corbett Auditorium)
3.45-5.15pm Panel 3: US and Mexican Immigration Policies
Immigration policies of the US and Mexico: between security and co-operation
- Álvaro Martínez: Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH)
Bracero Memories: forgetting and abandonment in northern Mexico
- Luis Alfonso Herrera : Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ)
The Human Rights of Migrants from Chiapas to the US: Reflections on Migration Policy in Mexico
- Perla Vargas: Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH)
7.00-9.00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Stories from the Frontlines: Detention, Deportation and the New America" - Maria Hinojosa (Writer and Journalist, PBS-NOW; NPR-Latino USA; PBS-Need to Know) (Corbett Auditorium)
Tuesday, June 19
9.30-11.00am Panel 4: Education and Immigration Integration
Immigration Lockdown: The Exclusion of Mexican Immigrants Through Legislation
- Carlos E. Posadas: NMSU, Department of Criminal Justice; and Christina Medina: NMSU, Department of Government
Return Immigrant Integration in Central America
- Luis Reyes: NMSU, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Immigration, Spanish-speaking Students, and Standardized Testing in the Transnational Border Region
- Kathleen Staudt and Lizely Madrigal-González: UTEP, Political Science
11.30-1.00pm Panel 5: Roundtable discussion on Human Trafficking and the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Susan Tiano: UNM, Department of Sociology, Latin America & Iberian Institute
- Richard Schaefer: UNM, Department of Communication and Journalism
- Carolyn Gonzales: UNM, Department of Communication and Journalism
- Tony Payán: UTEP, Political Science; Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
2.30-4.00pm Panel 6: Documenting Human Rights Violations: Comparing Methods and Findings from Mexico and the U.S.
Developing a Border Abuse Documentation System
- Brian Erickson: American Civil Liberties Union, Regional Center for Border Rights
Documenting Human Rights Violations of Migrants in Mexico
- Miguel Angel Paz: Voces Mesoamericanas, Chiapas, Mexico
Human Rights Violations Against Mexicans Detained in the U.S.
- Lizeth Martinez, Centro de Derechos Humanos del Migrante, Ciudad Juárez
Wednesday, June 20
Wednesday's events are sponsored by University of Texas - El Paso
9.30-11.00am Panel 7: Roundtable Discussion on Immigration Policy
- Joe Heyman: UTEP, Anthropology
- Vicki Gaubeca: ACLU, Regional Center for Border Rights, Las Cruces
- Sarah Nolan: PICO/Café (Comunidades de Acción y Fe), Las Cruces
- Diana Bustamante: Colonias Development Council, Las Cruces
11.30-1.00pm Panel 7 CONTINUED
- Christine Sierra: UNM, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute
- Jason Ackleson: NMSU, Department of Government, US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Neil Harvey: NMSU, Department of Government
Thursday, June 21
To attend the following community events, please register here or at the registration table during the conference.
Please note that registration for the community events in El PAso and Chaparral are limited to 14 people.
5.00-7.00pm COMMUNITY EVENT: Border Farmworkers Center, El Paso, TX
Discussion of immigration reform with staff and farmworkers
(If you require transportation, please meet at Nason House, 1200 University Avenue, directly across from FedEx Kinko's, at 4.00pm; return transportation will arrive back at Nason House at 8.00pm.)
Friday, June 22
1.30-3.30pm COMMUNITY EVENT: Vecinos Unidos, Chaparral, NM
(If you require transportation, please meet at Nason House, 1200 University Avenue, directly across from FedEx Kinko's, at 12.30pm; return transportation will arrive back at Nason House at 4.30pm)
5.00-7.00pm COMMUNITY EVENT: Nason House, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Closing discussion on the week's activities at NMSU's Center for American and Border Studies
If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend the conference, please contact Dr. Neil Harvey (nha...@nmsu.edu or 575.646.3220) at least three (3) days prior to the conference or as soon as possible.
molly
Immigration News
Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa to Keynote Immigration Conference
Once again, New Mexico State University (NMSU) will host a timely summer immigration conference. Drawing seasoned scholars from different backgrounds and institutions, the conference plans on delving into many issues that remain unresolved in spite of years of political debate and posturing on both sides of the border.
Keynoting the June 17-22 series of talks and community events will be award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa, Public Broadcasting Service veteran and host of the long-running radio show “Latino USA” aired on many National Public Radio-affiliated stations. The daughter of immigrants, Hinojosa’s June 18 speech is entitled “Stories from the Frontlines: Detention, Deportation and the New America.”
In a series of panels, scholars from the United States and Mexico will explore topics including the relationship between security policies and immigration, education and immigration, legacies of the old Bracero Program, human trafficking on the U.S.-Mexico border, and enforcement policies. A presentation by Jose Villalobos of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will examine the gap between the Obama administration’s promises and immigrant deportation.
According to conference organizers, the gathering “focuses on the social impacts of border enforcement and discusses the challenges facing community organizations as they seek to promote dialogue and alternative approaches based on respect for human rights…”
The participating scholars and community leaders include Neil Harvey, head of New Mexico State University’s Department of Government; Susan Tiano, director of the University of New Mexico’s Latin American and Iberian Institute; Alvaro Martinez of the Autonomous University of Chiapas; Luis Alfonso Herrera of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez; Diana Bustamante, executive director of the Las Cruces-based Colonias Development Council; and Kathleen Staudt and Lizely Madrigal-Gonzalez of UTEP’s Department of Political Science, among many others.
As part of the organizers’ goal of connecting community with academia, some participants will visit Chaparral, a low-income community with a large immigrant population in southern New Mexico’s Dona Ana County, and meet with staff members and farmworkers at the Border Agricultural Workers Center in neighboring El Paso, Texas.
All the conference panels, which are scheduled to take place at the Corbett Center Auditorium at the heart of the NMSU campus, are free and open to the public. Spanish and English translation will be available.
For conference details, interested readers can go to the following website: http://immigration.nmsu.edu
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molly
Place: Nason House / NMSU Building
Center for Latin American Studies
1200 University Ave, Las Cruces (directly across from FedEx Kinko's)
Date: June 16, 2012
On Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:56:26 PM UTC-6, molly wrote: