UPCOMING REGIONAL EVENTS
May 9, 2008
State and Local Immigration Policy in the U.S.:
An Interdisciplinary Workshop
Organized by:
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Location:
Eleanor Roosevelt College Administration Building
Conference Room 115, First Floor
University of California, San Diego
Program
9:00: Welcome and Introductory Comments
Wayne Cornelius, Director of CCIS, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Gildred Professor of U.S.-Mexican Relations, UC-San Diego
Monica Varsanyi, Assistant Professor, School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University
Session 1
9:15 Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute at NYU School of Law, "Testing the limits: A framework for assessing the legality of state and local immigration measures."
9:30 Karthick Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC-Riverside, "Immigration policies go local: The varying responses of local governments to low-skilled and undocumented immigration."
9:45 Jessica Halpern-Finnerty, Research Associate, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, "Cities and immigrants: Local policies for immigrant-friendly cities."
10:00 Discussant: April Linton, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, UCSD
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
Session 2
11:00 Jill Esbenshade, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University, "Immigrant regulation through local housing ordinances: A problematic trend in public policy."
11:15 Michele Waslin, Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Law Foundation, "Immigration enforcement by state and local police: The impact on Latinos, immigrants, and citizens."
11:30 Monica W. Varsanyi, Assistant Professor, School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, "Immigration and Local Policing: Results from a National Survey of Law Enforcement Executives" (with Scott Decker, Paul Lewis, and Marie Provine).
11:45 Discussant: Marisa Abrajano, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSD
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
Session 3
1:30 Owen Furuseth, Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Heather Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, "Localized immigration policy: The view from a new immigrant gateway (Charlotte, North Carolina)."
1:45 Doris Marie Provine, Professor, School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University (Fulbright Scholar, 2007-8, Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte, Mexico City), "Local immigration policy and the global city: Vancouver, Phoenix, and the power of law."
2:00 Hinda Seif, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Illinois, Springfield. "Legislating in East LA: Immigrant drivers licenses, constituent letters, and the 'illegal' Latino lawmaker."
2:15 Teresa Vázquez, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Cal State Northridge, "The anti-immigrant city"
2:30 Discussant: Tomás Jiménez, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, UC-San Diego
3:15 General Discussion: Where Do We Go from Here?
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
May 13, 2008
Peace and Prosperity: Prospects for Improving Hemispheric Relations
A Panel Discussion on Latin America
Time:
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Location:
Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas
UC San Diego
Sponsored by:
• Latin American Student Organization (LASO) at the School of
International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), UCSD
• Center on Pacific Economies, UCSD
Moderator:
Professor Richard Feinberg, IR/PS, UC San Diego
Panelists:
Professor Peter Smith
Dept. of Political Science, UC San Diego
Pacific Leadership Fellow Pablo de la Flor
Former Peruvian Vice Minister of International Trade
Professor David Mares
Dept. of Political Science, UC San Diego
Professor David Shirk
Director of the Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego
For directions or information, visit cpe.ucsd.edu or call (858) 822-6756.
May 19, 2008
Debut of documentary film on UCSD-TV:
The Devil's Breath: Border Crossers Caught in San Diego's Wildfires
Organized by:
UCSD-TV
An in-depth look at how the Santa Ana winds and wildfires affected the lives of three groups of travelers heading north from Mexico during October's devastating firestorms in San Diego County.
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