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1. (#1) 8/6, Nationwide - Web seminar on the journey from an E-2 Visa to an EB-5 Green Card
2. (#2) 8/9-11, New York, NY - Immigration at the Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting
3. (#3) 8/10-13, New York, NY - Immigration at American Sociological Association annual meeting
4. (#4) 8/10, DC - Discussion on building a responsive, effective immigration system - [New Listing]
5. (#5) 9/4-20, DC - Certificate program online course on refugees and displaced persons
6. (#6) 9/10, DC - Book discussion: A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century - [New Listing]
7. (#7) 9/12-13, Neuchâtel, Switzerland - Conference on migration and mobility studies - [New Listing]
8. (#8) 9/19-20, Toledo, OH - Annual international human trafficking and social justice conference - [New Listing]
9. (#9) 9/20, Cambridge, MA - Seminar on the impact of migration on the E.U. and democracy - [New Listing]
10. (#10) 9/25, Princeton, NJ - Lecture and book discussion on Japan's restrictive immigration policy
11. (#11) 10/8, DC - Annual immigration law and policy conference
12. (#12) 10/7-12-7, DC - Certificate program online course on global trends in international migration
13. (#13) 10/10-11, Zagreb, Croatia - Conference on diaspora and homeland
14. (#14) 10/17-18, Florence, Italy - Workshop on cities and the global governance of migration
15. (#15) 11/14, San Diego - Book panel: Migration Control
16. (#16) 11/20-22, DC - 2019 Homeland Security Week conference

The Journey from an E-2 Visa to an EB-5 Green Card: A Fast Track

American Immigration Lawyers Association Web Seminar
2:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, August 6, 2019
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Description: Eighty countries have treaties with the United States that permit foreign nationals to obtain E-2 treaty investor visas, which allow an investor or certain key executives permission to work in the United States. But, the E-2 visa does not lead to a U.S. green card, and minor children can only stay on their parent’s visa until reaching 21 years old. The EB-5 visa does provide, however, a path for a foreign national to become a lawful permanent resident. Thus, the question arises: how may an E-2 treaty investor convert his or her nonimmigrant visa into an EB-5 investor green card to allow him or her to remain permanently in the United States and (after five years) apply to become a U.S. citizen? Our expert panelists will address this journey to permanent residency for E-2 treaty investors. They also will discuss the careful planning and detailed strategy required for E-2 investors to properly structure their respective businesses to transition the visa into an EB-5 green card.

Featured Topics:
*E-2 Treaty Investor Visa and EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program: Similarities and Critical Differences

*Business Plans, Lawful Source of Funds Issues

*Minimum Investment Requirements: Initial Investment Strategies (Including Amount and Location of Business)

*Job Creation: Showing from Inception of the Enterprise That the Investment Will Create the Requisite Jobs for American Workers

*Planning for U.S. Residency and Tax Implications Upon Conversion to an EB-5 Immigrant Investor

Cost: $199.00

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The Society for the Study of Social Problems 69th Annual Meeting

Friday-Sunday, August 9-11, 2019
Roosevelt Hotel
45 E. 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
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Immigration-related sessions:

Friday, August 9, 2019

8:30–10:10 a.m.
Integration of Immigrants and Refugees into Local Communities in the New Immigration Era

Papers:
Civic Participation of Undocumented Immigrants in California
Kevin Beck and Karina Shklyan, University of California, San Diego

‘No Borders, No Nations’ Stopping Deportation? Municipal Strategies and Activism in an Age of Deportation
Amy C. Foerster, Pace University

‘The Greatest Pain’: The Structural Violence of Intergenerational Immigrant Family Separation
Florencia Rojo, University of California, San Francisco

Impact of Sanctuary Policies on Victimization and Discrimination among Latino Immigrants
Jacqueline E. Groccia, The George Washington University

Multiple Expulsions: An International Humanitarian Migration Crisis in Europe
Karin A. C. Johnson, University of California, Riverside

Race, Crimmigration, and Policing

‘Ask Him If You’re Being Detained’: Bystander Resistance in Street Police Encounters
Katherine D. Hilson, Carthage College

‘This Could Be You!’ Political Organizing and Resource Dependence in the Wake of Police Violence
Theresa Rocha Beardall, Cornell University

E-race the Database: Big Data Policing in Chicago
Andy Clarno and Michael De Anda Muñiz, University of Illinois at Chicago

Police-Native American Community Relations: Living in the Shadows of Rural America
Janice A. Iwama, American University and Jack F. McDevitt, Northeastern University

10:30 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Integration of Immigrants and Refugees into Local Communities in the New Immigration Era II

Papers:
As Civic Society Agents and Mediating Structures: How Nonprofits Advance Immigrant Political and Civic Integration
Tian Wang, University of Massachusetts Boston

Screening for the ‘Good Life’: Nurses’ Insights into the New Era of Refugee Health Care and Integration in Minneapolis, St. Paul
Christopher Levesque, University of Minnesota

States of Exception: The Biopolitics of (Non)Citizenship in the Contemporary United States
Meredith Van Natta, Duke University

The Political Participation of African Immigrants in the United States: A Theoretical Analysis of Nonprofits’ Involvement
Olanike Ojelabi, University of Massachusetts Boston, Winner of the Community Research and Development Division’s Student Paper Competition

Trends and Patterns in the Residential Segregation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States, 2000-2016
Sevsem Cicek-Okay, University of Cincinnati

2:30–4:10 p.m.
CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Politics of Migration and Reflections on the Ground

Papers:
‘Do I Have a Choice?’ Migration and Asylum Policies and Unfree Labor
Secil Ertorer, Canisius College

A 21st Century Border: Designing Deathly Traps for the Global Poor
Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento

Attitudes toward Refugees: The Case of Bolu, Turkey
Nahide Konak, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey

Economic Security, Immigrant Threat, and Preferences for Restrictionism
Noel Strapko and Lynn Hempel, Colorado State University

The Effects of Culture and Economic Prosperity on Mexicans’ Attitudes towards Central and South American Immigration
Antonio Paniagua Guzman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

4:30–6:10 p.m.
Race, Crimmigration and Policing II

Papers:
Defending the ‘Bad Immigrant:’ Aggravated Felonies, Deportation, and Legal Resistance at the Crimmigration Nexus
Sarah Rose Tosh, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Self-preservation amidst Rising Threats: Immigrant Internalization of Anti-immigrant Narratives and Its Effects on Community Solidarity
Carly Offidani-Bertrand, University of Chicago

Carceral Migration as Theory and Method: The Sociologies of Race, Space, and Legal Punishment
Susila Gurusami, University of Toronto and Rahim Kurwa, University of California, Los Angeles

Immigrant Youth: The Social Facets of Being (Un)American

Papers:
‘I Became a Mom Overnight’: How the Deportation of a Parent Affects Immigrant Young Adults’ Educational Experiences and Outcomes
Carolina Valdivia, Harvard University

California as the Promise Land: Local Context and Growing up Undocumented in North Carolina
Alessandra Bazo Vienrich, University of Massachusetts Boston

Contextualizing Assimilation: Assimilation, Discrimination, and Depression of Children of Immigrants
Jienian Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

My Goals and Dreams Deserve the Right to be Heard: Applicants’ Expressions about the Value of DACA
Yvonne M. Luna and T. Mark Montoya, Northern Arizona University

Second-generation Canadian Muslim Women and Their Work Experiences
Awish Aslam, University of Western Ontario

Saturday, August 10, 2019

10:30 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Complexities of Immigration

Papers:
Is the US Really a Melting Pot or More of a Vegetable Tray? Consciousness Matrix vs Power of Assimilation
Rafia Javaid Mallick, University of Oklahoma

South Asian Migration to the U.S. South: Alternate Pathways in the Pursuit of the American Dream
Praveena Lakshmanan, Michigan State University

The Myth of Swedish National Identity and the Symbolic Politics of the Refugee
Beiyi Hu, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Forcibly Removed: Homeland Detachments of International and Indigenous Refugees
Lory Janelle Dance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Selma Hedlund, Boston University

Neither from Here nor There: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Impact of Discrimination on the Employment Prospects of Deported and Voluntary Return Migrants in Mexico.
Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sunday, August 11, 2019

8:30-10:10 a.m.
Race, Crimmigration and Policing III

Papers:
Crisis, Capital Accumulation, and ‘Carceral Keynesianism’ in the Aftermath of the Global Slump
Jessica Evans, Ryerson University

Legal Status Fluidity and Filipino Immigrants
Daniela Pila, University at Albany, SUNY

Rohingyas the ‘Racialized Other’: Creation of the Biopolitical State
Morsaline Mojid, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

The Colonial/Modern Gender System of Migration: Intersections of Race, Patriarchy, and Criminalization
Abigail Perez Aguilera and Leonardo Esteban Figueroa Helland, The New School and Debbie Samaniego, University of Sussex

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114th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

Sunday-Tuesday, August 10-13, 2019
Sheraton New York Times Square
New York Hilton Midtown
New York, NY
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Immigration-related sessions:

Friday, August 9, 2019

1:00-5:00 p.m.
Migration Data and Models for a Better World: Perspectives from Academia, Data Science, and International Organizations

Migration plays a central role in population processes, becoming an increasingly important component of social, economic and political change across the globe. Given its often unjust causes and socially transformative consequences to origin and destination communities alike, migration continues to demand the scholarly attention of sociologists, especially those invested in overcoming social injustices. However, despite the growing importance of migration phenomena, migration data remain expensive and difficult to collect. Different institutions use different definitions to meet their various needs, and time after time difficulties comparing data across context limit wider understanding.

The goal of this preconference is to facilitate a conversation about improving migration data by bringing sociologists familiar with the conceptual pitfalls of migration research together with two groups: (1) data scientists with strategies for inferring migration from new forms of digital data and (2) representatives from international organizations (like the UN, located in New York City) with specific needs for particular kinds of migration estimates.

This interdisciplinary conversation will be organized around three substantive issues in migration data and measurement. First, there is a need for data than can improve the lives of migrants. Understanding the conditions migrants face is a key priority of the UN’s Global Compact on Migration. Second, there is a need to better understand the uses of migration data by government and the salience of migration data to the public. Preventing distorted views that may lead to unjust immigration restrictions or violence against migrants requires research into how data are interpreted and shared. Third, there is a need for comprehensive tools for comparing different kinds of migration data. Sociologists, in particular, can help international organization and data scientists decide how to prioritize the types of data that are most useful to understand societal processes and migration.

Saturday, August 10, 2019

8:30-10:10 a.m.
Deportation Threats and Realities in the United States

Local Immigration Enforcement and Latino Segregation
Matthew Hall, Cornell University; Jacob S. Rugh, Brigham Young University

“No such thing as sanctuary”: How Fear and Uncertainty are Transforming Immigrant Lives
Florencia Rojo, UCSF

The Effects of Deportation and the Threat of Deportation on Food Insecurity among Latino Immigrant Families
Sarah Bowen, North Carolina State University; Sinikka Elliott, University of British Columbia; Annie Hardison-Moody, North Carolina State University

“When it’s an emergency, we take that risk”: Biopolitical assemblages and U.S. immigrant health
Meredith Van Natta, Duke University

10:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Belonging among Refugees

Lives on Hold: The Costs of Waiting for Refugee Resettlement
Molly Fee, University of California-Los Angeles

A New Regime of Transnational Labor in the Meatpacking Industry: Haitian Refugees in North Carolina
Salvador Rangel, University of California at Santa Barbara

Forced Migrants and Secure Belonging: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees Resettled in the United States
Michelle Sara Dromgold-Sermen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

They tell me I am a (damn) refugee
Bernadette Ludwig, Wagner College

U.S-Refugee Integration Dynamics and Offspring Education: Looking Beyond Context of Reception
Ngoc-Thoa Khuu, University of California-Irvine; Frank D. Bean, University of California-Irvine

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Section on Latina/o Sociology Refereed Roundtables

Citizenship, Politics and Trust

Redefining engagement through exclusion: How undocumented Latinx immigrants define political participation
Nicolaus Espitia, University of Michigan

Educational Challenges and Success

Undocumented and Distracted: The Everyday Effects of Immigration Laws on the Academic Success of Undocumented College Students
Daniel Millán, University of California, Irvine

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Immigrant Inclusion and Exclusion during the Trump and Obama Eras

Abuses and Discrimination Against Mexican Immigrants: An Empirical Assessment of the Obama and Trump Administrations
David Scott FitzGerald, University of California-San Diego; Gustavo López, University of California-San Diego

Becoming A Citizen in the Age of Trump: Citizenship Motivations of Latinx Residents in Texas
Nancy PlankeyVidela, Texas A&M University; Mary Elizabeth Campbell, Texas A&M University; Diana Mercado, Texas A&M University; Alejandro Salas, Texas A&M University

Dynamic Modes of Incorporation Through Mobilization: Evidence from American Muslim Immigrant Communities
Hajar Yazdiha, University of Southern California

Local immigration policy and crime: A county-level investigation in the United States
Marta Ascherio, University of Texas at Austin

Section on Sociology of Population. Health and Mortality in Midlife

Migrant Integration and the Health Status of Current and Returned Mexico-U.S. Migrants
David P. Lindstrom, Brown University; Kathryn Klaas, El Colegio de Mexico

Immigrant Communities/Families

Determinants of Social Support in Racialized Immigrant Networks: The case of the Roma in France.
David Cañarte, University of Florida; Raffaele Vacca, University of Florida; Tommaso Vitale, Sciences Po, CEE

Effects of Police Stop-and-Frisk on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Youth
Amy Hsin, Queens College, CUNY; Linna Marten, Stanford; Nikolas Harder, Stanford

Legal Power in Action: How Latinx Adult Children Mitigate the Effects of Parents’ Legal Status through Brokering
Isabel Garcia Valdivia, University of California Berkeley

Self-Preservation Amidst Rising Threats: Immigrant Internalization of Anti-Immigrant Narratives and its Effects on Community Solidarity
Carly Offidani-Bertrand

Transnational Queer Refugees: Gay Iranian Men Navigating Refugee Status and Cross-Border Ties in Canada
Ahmad (Aryan) Karimi

4:30-6:10 p.m.
Legal Entanglements in Immigration Enforcement

A study of migrant shelters, violence, and deportation on the Texas-Tamaulipas border.
Bertha Alicia Bermudez Tapia, University of Colorado, Boulder

Immigrant Detention as a Surveillance Hub: The Monitoring of Families In and Out of Detention
Luis Romero, Southwestern University

La Charla: Documenting the experience of unaccompanied minors in immigration court
Jennifer Huynh, University of Notre Dame

Legal Consciousness Among Asylum-Seeking Immigrants in the US: From Expectations of Fairness to Increasing Legal Cynicism
Tania E. DoCarmo, University of California-Irvine; Rocio Rosales, University of California-Irvine

Care Work/Caring Labor

A Care Convergence? Quantifying Wage Disparities for Migrant Care Workers Across Three Welfare Regimes
Naomi Lightman, University of Calgary

Diverse understandings of family framings in paid household and care work
Anna Rosinska, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Intersectionality, Gendered Immigrant Care Economies, and New Forms of Servitude in Privatized Care
Jennifer Nazareno, Brown University; Cynthia J. Cranford, University of Toronto

Gender and Immigration

Gendered effects of a Toxic Environment: Legal Violence and the Health of Latina Immigrants
Andrea Gomez Cervantes, University of Kansas; Cecilia Menjivar, University of California-Los Angeles

“These Women Will Revolt:” Defining Gender Equality in the French Immigrant Integration Program
Elizabeth Onasch, SUNY Plattsburgh

Believing Asylum-Seeking Women: Constructing Credibility in Asylum Narratives of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Abigail Stepnitz, UC Berkeley

Sunday, August 11, 2019

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Migrant Youth Navigating (Il)Legality

Beyond Dreamers: The Under-analyzed Complexity of the Undocumented Youth Population
Sofya Aptekar, University of Massachusetts Boston; Amy Hsin, Queens College, CUNY

DACA’s Mixed Impacts on Education and Employment among Young Adult Immigrants in California
Erin R. Hamilton, University of California, Davis; Caitlin Patler, University of California, Davis; Robin Savinar, University of California, Davis

Inherently Violent: Unaccompanied Minors from Central America and the Immigration Adjustment Status Process
Kati Barahona-López, University of California, Santa Cruz

Moral career of migrant il/legality: Undocumented youths in NYC and Paris negotiating deportability and regularization
Stephen P. Ruszczyk, Montclair State University

The Integration Paradox: Immigrant Children Coping in the Age of Mass Deportations
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Princeton University

8:30-9:30 a.m.
Section on Comparative-Historical Sociology Refereed Roundtables

Borderline Racism: Ethnoracial Domination in U.S. and Israel through the rhetorical production of “border security”
Fae Chubin, Bradley University; Manuel Ramirez, University of Connecticut

Mexico “shed American blood upon American soil!”: American Nationalism and the Mexican American War
Jon Williams, University of New Mexico

Migration and the Medieval Transition to Capitalist Production in Florence
Nestor P. Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin

Unpacking the Suitable Enemy: Predictors of attitudes toward immigration and immigrants
Luis F. Nuño, California State University, Los Angeles

Section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict. White Nationalism, Racism, and Xenophobia

The Rise of Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Hate Online
Matthew Costello, Clemson University; James E. Hawdon, Virginia Tech University; Salvatore J. Restifo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Health, Inequality, and the Affordable Care Act

Identifying the Undeserving Poor: The Effect of Racial, Ethnic, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment on State Medicaid Eligibility
Daniel Lanford, Georgia State Unviersity and Emory University; Jill Quadagno, Florida State University

8:30-10:10 a.m.
Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Refereed Roundtables

Race & Higher Education

It is Very Dominated by Latinos Here”: How Places Perpetuate Meanings of Racialized Illegality
Karina Santellano, University of Southern California

Interracial Relationships

Middle Eastern Immigrant Intermarriage and Boundaries of Race and Belonging in the United States
Elyas Bakhtiari, College of William and Mary; Deenesh Sohoni, College of William & Mary

Understanding Trends in Racial Identity

Accruing Whiteness: Power and Resistance in Prerequisite Cases of Immigrants from the Middle East
Hadi Khoshneviss, Kenyon College

Multi-Racial & Mixed Race Identity

The Mixed-Race Children of Immigrants: Intermarriage, Assimilation, and New Immigrant Trajectories in the United States
Alyssa Marie Newman, Harvey Mudd College

Race & Belonging

Contextual Whiteness: Spanish Immigrants’ Panethnic White Identity in the United States, Argentina, and the United Kingdom
Jose G. Soto-Marquez, New York University

Reception & Perceptions of Migrants

Racialization of Latinx Immigrants: The Role of (Seemingly) Positive Newspaper Discourse
Emily P. Estrada; Emily R. Cabaniss, Sam Houston State University

Re-evaluating inter-group dynamics in the South: Racial attitudes of Latino immigrants in Durham, NC
Angie Nathaly Ocampo, University of Pennsylvania; Chenoa Flippen, University of Pennsylvania

Migration, Race & Economics

Glass Ceiling and Earnings Disadvantages Against Immigrants and Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Scott Tuttle, University of Kansas; ChangHwan Kim, University of Kansas

Reinforcing Ties to Ethnicity: Second-Generation Entrepreneurs in an Ethnic Community
Janet Muñiz, University of California, Irvine

The Moderating Role of Elements of Assimilation in First- and Second-Generation Asian Americans’ Socioeconomic Attainment
Dylan Simburger, University of Houston

“Who needs and deserves it the most”: Effects of immigrant narratives on giving-behavior
Victoria Shantrell Asbury, Harvard University

Race & Economics

The immigrant health paradox and immigrant status: Differences in mortality of chronic conditions in California
Josefina Flores Morales, University of California-Los Angeles; Ka-yuet Liu, University of California, Los Angeles

Social Service Workers Navigating Race

The importance of discretion for welfare services to minorities: Examining workload and antiimmigration attitudes.
Carolin Schütze, Lund University; Hakan Johansson, Lund University

Issues of Race in the Criminal Justice System

Arresting (Non)Citizenship: The Policing Migration Nexus of Nationality, Race and Criminalization
Alpa Parmar, University of Oxford

Silencing Sexual Abuse and Assault: Immigration Detention Failure to Survivors
Beatriz Aldana Marquez, Texas State University

Criminalizing Race

Carceral Migration as Theory and Method: The Sociologies of Race, Space, and Legal Punishment
Susila Gurusami, University of Toronto; Rahim Kurwa, UIC

From Migration Pathways to Highly Securitized Schools: Wrap-around Carcerality and Racialization
Erin Michaels, University of North Carolina Wilmington

10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Regular Session. Racialized Assimilation of Immigrants and their Children

Becoming Black and African-American: Race, Ethnicity and the Children of African Immigrants
Dialika Sall, Columbia University

Being "Black twice": Black and Migrant Identities among Haitian Diaspora in South Florida
Jamella Nefetari Gow, University of California Santa Barbara

Discriminatory Transformations: The Racialized Assimilation of Asian Immigrants to the U.S.
Ryan Gibson, Emory University

Does Skin Tone Matter? Immigrant Mobility in the U.S. Labor Market
JooHee Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Privatization of Prisons and Prison Labor

Death and the Use of Tools of Authority in Private U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers
John Major Eason, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Politics of Prison and Detention Bed Space
Patrisia Macias-Rojas, University of Illinois, Chicago

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Family Section Roundtables

Immigrant Families and Relationships Effects of Illegality on Immigrant Families: What the Relationships of Legal Status-Discordant Siblings Reveal
Heidemarie Castaneda, University of South Florida

Family Formation under the Law: An Overview of Contemporary Latino/a Immigrant Families in the United States
Vanessa Delgado, University of California, Irvine

Refugee mothers' struggles raising children in the United States
Hermeet Kaur Kohli, University of Southern Maine; Susan Fineran, University of Southern Maine

Dating Across Nativity Lines? Mate Selection Among Immigrant and Native-Born Online Daters in Vancouver
Yue Qian, University of British Columbia; Siqi Xiao, University of British Columbia

12:30-2:10 p.m.
Regular Session. Theories and Measures of Forced and Voluntary Return Migration

Precarious citizenship: How kinship-based gift economies shape mobilities of undocumented Mexican migrants
Christine Wheatley, NewAge Environmental Development of Africa

Rediscovering Home: Theorizing Return Migration Among 1.5-generation Returnees and Deportees in Mexico
Alexis Silver, Purchase College - SUNY

Return migration among older Mexican immigrants
Mara Getz Sheftel, The Graduate Center

12:30-2:10 p.m.
Student Forum Refereed Roundtable

Housing and Immigration in a Global Context

A Historical Analysis of “immigrant”: In the style of a Foucauldian genealogy
Leslie Savatsky Reynolds, Bowling Green State University

Immigration and Robots: Is the Absence of Immigrants Linked to the Rise of Automation?
L. Larry Liu, Princeton University; Alejandro Portes, Princeton University

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Section on the Sociology of Religion Referred Roundtables

Religion, Race, and Immigration

Experiencing Sikhism: The Intersection of Religion and Race in the US and UK
Simranjit Khalsa, Rice University

Race Unity Efforts among American Bahá’ís: Institutionalized Tools and Empirical Evidence
John McMullen, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Transmitting Racism Through Religion? Racial Ideology and Racism Among Members and Leaders of Latina/o Multiracial Congregations
Rodrigo Serrao Santana de Jesus, University of South Florida

Social Capital, Islam, and Labor Force Outcomes: Explaining Labor Force Outcomes among Muslim Immigrants in France
Chang Zhe Lin, University of Toronto

12:30-2:10 p.m.
Latino/as

Latinx Immigrant Divisions: The Radio and Digital Media during Rumored ICE Raids
Beatriz Aldana Marquez, Texas State University; Apryl A. Williams, Harvard University; Nancy PlankeyVidela, Texas A&M University; Selene Diaz, Texas A&M Univeristy

Making Noncitizens’ Rights Real: Evidence from Legal Services Fraud Complaints
Juan Manuel Pedroza, University of California, Santa Cruz

MS-13, Moral Panics, and Forced Migrations: Theorizing Deportability and Carceral Studies
Kenneth Sebastian Leon, Rutgers University; Maya P-Money Barak, University of Michigan - Dearborn

Racial Stratification among Latinos in the Mortgage Market
Jose Loya, University of Pennsylvania

Undocumented and Racialized: Mexican undocumented women racialized in the U.S. through interactions in institutions
Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Theorizing Migration Flows

A Model for Studying Selection Processes in International Migration
Guillermina Jasso, New York University

An Analysis of High Skilled and Low Skilled Migration from Mexico to the US, 1970-2010
Gabriela León-Pérez, Virginia Commonwealth Universtiy

International (im)mobility and global justice in times of gated globalism: toward an institutional migration theory
Arjen Leerkes

Whom Do U.S. Consular Officers Perceive As “NonImmigrants”? How Cultural Habitus Stratifies Legal Mobility From China
Jacob Richard Thomas, University of California-Los Angeles

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Labor Migration

The Return of the Bracero Program: The Migration Industry in the Recruitment of H2 Visa Workers
Ruben Hernandez-Leon, University of California, Los Angeles

Whitewashing Abolition: Racial Vigilantism, Redemptive Labor, and the Global Fight to Combat Human Trafficking
Elena Shih, Brown University

On the Move: Global Care Migration
Heidi Gottfried, Wayne State University

Open Refereed Roundtables

Migration and Adaptation: Legal Immigrants with Undocumented Spouses
Nina Michalikova, University of Central Oklahoma

Symbolic Assailants, Crimmigration and the Immigration Industrial Complex
Denise N. Obinna, Mount St Mary's University

Multicultural coexistence without immigrants: Foreign labor and contemporary Japan
Noriko Matsumoto, University of Vermont

Multiple Expulsions: A Case Study of the Precipitation of an International Humanitarian Migration Crisis in Europe
Karin A.C. Johnson, University of California-Riverside

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Section on Environmental Sociology. Environment, Oppressions, and Justice II

Environmental Injustices in Immigrant Detention: How Absences Are Embedded in the NEPA Process
Michelle L. Edwards, Texas State University; Briana Luna, Texas State University; Hannah Edwards, Texas State University

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtables

Representation and Inclusivity II

Contact or Conflict? The Effect of Immigrant Colleagues on Attitudes Towards Immigrants
Alicia Sheares, University of California, Berkeley

Sociology of Law

Immigrant Workers, Their Lawyers, and Notions of Procedural Justice
Shannon Marie Gleeson, Cornell University

Monday, August 12, 2019

8:30-10:10 a.m.
New Social Movements

Beyond the Good Immigrant: How Identity Politics have Come to Dominate the Dreamer Movement
Walter Nicholls, University of California-Irvine

Social Justice in the Desert: Faith-Based Mobilizing to Save the Lives Along the Arizona-Sonora Desert
Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre Dame

Borders and Boundaries in Asia and Asian America

Transborder Ethnic Economy: Korean Immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Minjeong Kim, San Diego State University

Section on International Migration. Understanding the Social, Legal, and Political Ramifications of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

DACA and Resetting of Inclusion and Exclusion at Federal and Local Levels/Evolving Impacts on Immigrant Families
Robert Courtney Smith, City University of New York-Baruch College, Graduate Center; Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa, CUNY Graduate Center

DACA Rescission and Ontological Security: Anticipatory and Ambiguous Loss Among Undocumented Young Adults
Elizabeth M. Aranda, University of South Florida; Girsea Martinez, University of South Florida; Elizabeth Vaquera, George Washington University; Heidemarie Castaneda, University of South Florida

Heterogeneous Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on Undocumented College Students’ Educational Outcomes
Keitaro Okura, Yale University; Amy Hsin, Queens College, CUNY; Sofya Aptekar, University of Massachusetts Boston

Uncertainty about DACA May Undermine its Positive Impact on Health for Recipients and their Children
Caitlin Patler, University of California, Davis; Erin R. Hamilton, University of California, Davis; Kelsey Meagher, UC Davis; Robin Savinar, University of California, Davis

10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Thematic Sessions. Immigration Policy and the Dilemmas of Justice in the Age of Trump

Expanding Sanctuary: Decriminalization and Resistance in the Trump Era
Amada Armenta, UCLA

The Illiberal Turn: Immigration and the Paradox of American Sovereignty in the Age of Trump
Rick A. Baldoz, Oberlin College

U.S. Immigration and Border Policies: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University

Dis-Inegrating Nation: The Impossible Politics of Immigration
Roger Waldinger, Univ of California-Los Angeles

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Section on International Migration Refereed Roundtables

Anti-Immigrant Discourses

Feeling fear in times of polarization: A systematic analysis of bureaucrats’ commentary about migrants.
Carolin Schütze, Lund University

Stigma and Belonging Among the Rising Immigrant Elite in France
Lucas Germain Drouhot, Cornell University

Straddling Insider/Outsider Statuses: Puerto Ricans’ Attitudes Toward Undocumented Immigration
Ariana Jeanette Valle, University of California Los Angeles

Women as Fair Game? Why Some Feminists Support Anti-Immigrant Politics
Janina Selzer, CUNY Graduate Center

Economic, Cultural Threats and Chinese Residents’ Attitudes toward Foreigners in Yiwu, China
Tao Xu

Asian Immigrants, Citizenship, and Belonging

Negotiating “Americanization”: Adaptation and Segmentation of Chinese Restaurants in an American City
Jinpu Wang, Syracuse University

Hispanics and Asians in the New South
Christopher Maggio, City University of New York-Graduate Center

I am You, as You are Me: Citizenship and Belonging in the South Asian chhitmohols
Surya Sankar Sen, National Institute of Advanced Studies

Politics of Citizenship and International Migration: An Exploratory Study of Pak Hindus at the India-Pakistan Borderlands
Srishtee Sethi, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Saving Face: A mismatch in educational cultural capital among undocumented Chinese Immigrants in the US
Jia-Lin Liu, New York University; Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng, New York University

Attitudes Towards Immigrants

Skills or Origins? Results from a Survey-Based Experiment on Europeans’ Support for Immigration
Sevsem Cicek-Okay, University of Cincinnati; Jeffrey M. Timberlake, University of Cincinnati

Anti-immigrant sentiment as lack of awareness on how unequal global trade flows privilege developed countries
Caroline M. Schoepf, Hong Kong Baptist University

Determinants of Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: A Quantitative Analysis using the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS)
Darnell Calderon, California State University Fullerton

Getting Schooled: Egotropic and Sociotropic Effects of Educational Attainment in the Formation of Immigration Attitudes
Raul S. Casarez, Rice University

Civic Incorporation and Belonging

Civic Inequality and Civic Stratification in Immigrant Communities
Irene H.I. Bloemraad, University of California, Berkeley

Finding Spaces of Inclusion: Schools, Latina Immigrant Mothers, and the Politics of Belonging
Sarah Bruhn, Harvard University

Living out the Illegality: Strategies of Undocumented Migrants in an Immigrant Enclave of South Korea
Dasom Lee, University of California San Diego

Comparative Immigrant Integration

UK immigrants’ relative income and life satisfaction – The relevance of comparison frames from a multi-generational perspective
Jing Shen, University of Mannheim; Irena Kogan, University of Mannheim

The isolation paradox: A comparative study of social support among migrants and natives
Basak Bilecen, University of Groningen; Raffaele Vacca, University of Florida

Negative Attitudes toward Immigrants in Japan and the United States
Daisuke Ito, Toyo University; Makoto Todoroki, Kanazawa University

Food in Italian Migration to Argentina and the United States: Gender, Racial, and Labor Differences
Katharine Marina Waldmann

National immigration ‘models,’ social welfare regimes, and Muslims’ economic incorporation in France and Canada
Jeffrey G. Reitz, University of Toronto; Emily J. Laxer, Glendon College, York University; Patrick Simon, INED

Drivers and Dynamics of Migration

Are They Deterred by Welfare? Digging into the Drivers of Highly Skilled Migrants in Europe
Hector Cebolla-Boado, UNED; María Miyar Miyar, Uned

Connecting the Dots: Using Social Network Analysis to Untangle the Factors Driving International Migration
Cassie McMillan, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Miller, Pennsylvania State University

Chinese Assimilation in Zambia: Testing Migration Theories in the Global South
Yao Lu, University of California-Davis

Methodological challenges in relation to quantitative research on migrant populations
Dominic Kudlacek, Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony

Dynamics of Incorporation

The effect of socioeconomic integration on life satisfaction among immigrants in Japan
Hiromi Ishizawa, George Washington University; Hirohisa Takenoshita, Keio University; Jie Zhang, Waseda University

The Vietnamese Boat People in Canada: 30 Years Later
Monica Boyd, University of Toronto; Shawn Perron, University of Toronto

Age at Migration and Poverty among Post 1990 Immigrants in Israel: Do Welfare Transfers Matter?
Alisa C. Lewin, University of Haifa; Rebeca Raijman

Pathways to success in an egalitarian institutional context: The second generation in Norway
Arnfinn H. Midtboen, Institute for Social Research, Oslo; Marjan Nadim, Institute for Social Research, Oslo

Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Research
Kerilyn Schewel, University of Amsterdam

Family Dynamics of Migration

Indo-Caribbean Women Challenging Motherhood through Migration for Reproductive Health
Tannuja Rozario, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Marriage Migration and Gender Role Attitudes of Husbands in a Receiving Country: Korean Case
Seokyoung Kim, Ewha Womans University; Minzee Kim, Ewha Womans University

Possibilities and Constraints in Opportunity Structures: Filipina Marriage Immigrants’ Associational Lives in South Korea
Ilju Kim, Tohoku University; Minjeong Kim, San Diego State University

The Homeownership Attainment of LGB Immigrants: The Role of Social Relationships
Sagi Ramaj, University of Toronto

Gender and Migration

New Residents, New Inequalities? Integrating Male and Female Immigrants in Gender Unequal Japan
Hilary J. Holbrow, Harvard University

Can’t Depend on Love: The Gendered and Classed Effects of Dependency in Canadian Immigration Policy, 1982-2015
Naomi Lightman, University of Calgary; Jennifer Elrick, McGill University

Gender Structure Which Causes Immigration: Postwar Immigrant Japanese Women and Gender Discrimination in Japan
Yuko Nakanishi, Musashi University

Forced Time-Out: The Effects of “Dependent” Visa Status on the Gendered Division of Labor
Hansini Munasinghe, University of Iowa

Migrant Youth

Precarious immobility: DACAmented and longterm unauthorized immigrants in the Bronx, Queens and Long Island
Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa, CUNY Graduate Center

DACA youth travel to Mexico and discover a new dual frame of reference
Emir Estrada, Arizona State University; Alissa Ruth, Arizona State University

Leaving and Finding Home: Youth Migration and Family Reunification
Emily Navarro, Elmhurst College

Assimilation and Household Instability among Children in Immigrant Families
Maria Carolina Mota Pereira Aragao, University of Texas at Austin; Inbar Weiss, University of Texas at Austin

First-generation Circular Migrants’ Involvement in the Upbringing of their Grandchildren: Turkish Immigrants in Germany
Tolga Tezcan, University of Florida

Gender and Work

Making it Work: Migration, Motherhood and Employment in Australia
Rennie Lee, University of Melbourne; Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Francisco Perales, University of Queensland

The Great Equalizer? Education, Gendered Migrant Networks, and the Occupational Attainment of Highly Skilled Immigrants
Elizabeth Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania; Brown University

Mothers’ Employment when Children are in Preschool: Variations by Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Origin
Christel Kesler, Colby College

Reason for Migration and Economic Integration of Male and Female Immigrants in the Swiss Labor Market
Dina Maskileyson, University of Cologne; Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv University; Eldad Davidov, University of Cologne and University of Zurich

Doing Gender, Doing Culture: Gendered Labor and Intersectional Identities in Diasporic Community Building
Debadatta Chakraborty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Global and Transnational Perspectives

Transnationally Contextualized Citizenship: Multi-layered Factors Affecting Chinese Immigrant Workers’ Political Participation in NYC
Tianlong You, Arizona State University

Diasporic Political Parties
Michel S. Laguerre, Univ of California-Berkeley

Beyond mechanistic and material approaches to migration: Transnational subjectivity, cultures of migration and notions of modernity and normality
Karolina Barglowski, Technical University Dortmund

Using Family Migration Histories to Facilitate the Teaching of International Migration from a Global Perspective
Steven J. Gold, Michigan State University

Labor Market Incorporation

Migration and Informal Employment: Case of Russia as a second top world receiving country
Tatiana Karabchuk, United Arab Emirates University; Daria Salnikova, National Research University Higher School of Economics

The Great Recession, Labor Market Segmentation and Immigrant Unemployment
Patricia A. McManus, Indiana University

Immigrants in the Labor Market: Examining Change in Labor Market Structure and Immigrant Occupational Outcomes from 1970-2017
Ilana Ventura, University of Chicago

The role of lifelong human capital in the entrepreneurial success of Mexican immigrant women
Veronica Montes, Bryn Mawr College

Earnings of Foreign-born Doctoral Engineers in the United States: Intersection of Immigration Status and Gender
Yu Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology

Legality and Irregular Migration

Legal Exclusion, Civic Exclusion: How Legal Status Stratifies Latino Immigrants’ Civic Engagement
Tianjian Lai

Frictional Identities: How Young Asylum Seekers and the German State Coproduce Liminal Legality
Ulrike Bialas, Princeton University

Nongovernmental Organizations Serving Deported Migrants from the United States
Claire E. Altman, University of Missouri; Sergio Chavez, Rice University; Kendal Lowrey, Pennsylvania State University

Deportation USA: Exploring State-Level Social, Economic, and Political Factors in Judicial Outcomes
Shiyue Cui, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Yulin Yang; Robert M. Adelman, State University of New York-Buffalo

Life Course and Historical Perspectives

Life Events and Timing of Emigration: A Case Study of Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
Jing Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Weiwen Lai, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Eric Fong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Engendering the life cycle of migration and Elderly Support: Strategies among Latino immigrants in South Philadelphia
Edith Yolanda Gutierrez-Vazque, Universidad de Guadalajara; Chenoa Flippen, University of Pennsylvania

Economic security and structured ambivalence among immigrant seniors
Ann H. Kim, York University; Nancy Mandell, York University

Immigration and Urban Growth, 1990-2000
Michael Joseph Upchurch, Texas A&M University

Migration and Health

Health Without Papers: Immigrants, Citizenship and Health in the 21st Century
Brian Tuohy, University of California, Los Angeles

Migrant Donations and Healthcare Across Borders
Jose Luis Collazo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; José A. Muñoz, CSU San Bernardino

Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms among Latino Immigrants: Examining the Role of Social Support
Elif Bulut, Florida State University; Mathew D. Gayman, Georgia State University

Migration and Social Mobility

“What would my future be?”: Conceptualization of the “future” among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada
Laila Omar, University of Toronto

Perceptions of Upward Social Mobility Among the Children of Immigrants
Dalia Abdelhady, Lund University; Amy Lutz, Syracuse University

“One Improves Here Every Day”: Occupational and Learning Journeys of “Lower-Skilled” European Migrants in London
Laura Morosanu, University of Sussex; Russell King, University of Sussex; Aija Lulle, University of Loughborough; Manolis Pratsinakis, University of Oxford

Refugees in Europe and the U.S.

Educational Selectivity among Refugees and Labor Migrants in Western Europe
Cornelia Kristen, University of Bamberg; Christoph Spörlein, University of Bamberg

Female refugee migration: How do survivors of gender-based violence decide to flee?
Zofia Agnieszka Wlodarczyk, UC Davis

Civic-Ethnic Nationalism and the Refugee: Examples from Sweden
Beiyi Hu, CUNY Graduate Center

Value differences amongst refugees and the native German population: Insights from a representative panel study
Lukas Marian Fuchs, Freie Universität Berlin; Christian von Scheve, Freie Universität Berlin

Local refugee integration policies in New York City
Karolina Janina Lukasiewicz, New York University; Tanzilya Oren, Fordham University; Saumya Tripathi, Fordham University

Schools and Education

School Tracking of Migrant-Ethnic Youth in Germany
Max Reason, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Post-1965 Immigration and STEM Faculty in Island Communities
Nathalie P. Rita, University of Hawaii; Marina Karides, University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Sending Contexts

I See Where You’re Coming from...and It Matters: How Migrant Origin Shapes Support for Social Programs
Selen Güler, University of Washington; Mark Igra, University of Washington

Migrating Beyond Networks: The Mechanisms of Sending State Intervention
Suzy K. Lee, Binghamton University

Oil’s Ripple Effects: Remittances’ Impact on Female Labor Participation in the Arab World
Caitlin Ella Wind, New York University

"The thirsty man goes to the well" Aspired Migrants and Brokers: A Case of Pakistan
Tauqeer Hussain Shah, University Bielefeld

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Illegality and Social Justice Research

Sanctuary for Whom? Cities, Policing, and Local Immigration Policy
Amada Armenta, UCLA

Understanding the Impact of Immigrant Detention
Rocio Rosales, University of California-Irvine

Undocumented, Refugees, or Asylees? Solidarity across Legal Boundaries
Leisy Janet Abrego, University of California, Los Angeles

The Changing Scales of Immigrant Youth Organizing: Exercising Power in the Electoral, Local, and Cultural Arenas
Veronica Terriquez, UC Santa Cruz

Children, Youth, Adolescents: Scholar Activism on Behalf of Children and Youth

Unaccompanied migrant children in Sicily: Caught between international and humanitarian ideals and nativist populism
Ravinder Barn; Roberta Di Rosa, University of Palermo

Section on International Migration. Migration Crises: Case Studies and Comparative Analyses from Across the World

Assimilation or exclusion? Refugee access to health in Germany after the migrant crisis
Christopher Levesque, University of Minnesota

Asylum seekers welcome? Multilevel analysis of attitudes towards asylum seekers in Europe
Egle Gusciute

From US Request to Mexico Engagement: An Ethnographic and Visual Study of Immigration Enforcement by Proxy
Juan José Bustamante, University of Arkansas; Eric Gamino, California State University, Northridge

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Section on Race, Gender, and Class Refereed Roundtables

Immigration Presider: Emma-Claire LaSaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison An Economy of Safety: Racialized Citizenship, Family and U.S. Immigration
Emma-Claire LaSaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mental Health, Immigration, and Race - Case of Asian American
Doreen Hsu, University of California, San Diego

4:30-6:10 p.m.
Section on International Migration. Immigrant Resistance: Collective Action and Everyday Contention

Arenas of Fragile Alliance (Un-)Making? The Case of Precarious Migrant Activism in Berlin and Vienna
Ilker Ataç, Hochschule RheinMain; Elias Steinhilper, DeZIM Institut e.V.

Civic Participation of Undocumented Immigrants in California
Kevin Beck, University of California, San Diego; Karina Shklyan, University of California, San Diego

The Nexus between Diaspora Mobilization and Immigrant Resistance: A Case Study of the Arab Spring Abroad
Dana M. Moss, University of Pittsburgh

“We Have Rights:” Low-Income Collective Identity and Immigrant Claims-Making in San Francisco
Melanie Jones Gast, University of Louisville; Dina G. Okamoto, Indiana University; Emerald Thai Han Nguyen, University of California Davis

4:30-6:10 p.m.
State Policies: Evasion, Implementation and Impact on Livelihood and Welfare of Refugees and Recent Migrants

Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers
David Scott FitzGerald, University of California-San Diego

State Policies: Evasion, Implementation and Impact on Livelihood and Welfare of Refugees and Recent Migrants
Cecilia Menjivar, University of California-Los Angeles Unauthorized

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

8:30-10:10 p.m.
Section on Race, Gender, and Class. Sexual Violence and Intersectional Inequalities

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: The Gendered Politics of Service Provision for Women with Precarious Immigration Status
Salina Abji, Carleton University

Critical Sociology and Public Policy

Immigration Policy as a Social Determinant of Health
Edward D. Vargas, Arizona State University

The Other Side of Assimilation: How Immigrants Change American Life
Tomas R. Jimenez

Methodological and Empirical Advances in Global and Transnational Sociology

The Relationship between Assimilation and Cultural Transnational Ties among New Immigrants in the U.S.
Sou Hyun Jang, University of Washington; Sejung Sage Yim, The Graduate Center

Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance Refereed Roundtables

Responses to Gendered Violence

Caught Between a State and a Family-Place: Immigrant Women’s Experiences of U-Visas
Ghazah Abbasi, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Effects of Race & Place on Policing Policy and Practice

Protecting Immigrants and Punishing Gangs: Crafting the crimmigration police in Chicago’s sanctuary city regime
Enrique Alvear, University of Illinois at Chicago

Section on Aging and the Life Course. Current Debates in Aging and the Life

US Immigration Policies and Health of Older Immigrants
Zoya Gubernskaya, University at Albany

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Social Factors and Suicide: New Developments

How Does Immigration Affect Suicide? Analysis of U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Julie A. Phillips, Rutgers University

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity

Borders of Compassion: International Migration and Parochial Altruism
Alexander Kustov, Princeton University

Migratory Aspirations: How Aspiring Migrants and Refugees Decide to Leave

Mexicans’ Migration Intentions in an Era of Heightened U.S. Enforcement
Joshua Thomas Wassink, Princeton University

Religion as a migratory aspiration: The case of the migration of Filipina Muslim domestic workers
Julien Debonneville, University of Geneva

Why Ethiopian women migrate to the Middle East
Kerilyn Schewel, University of Amsterdam; Tilah Alemayehu, Sher Ethiopia PLC

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Section on Global and Transnational Sociology Refereed Roundtables

Citizenship and Migration Citizenship: What Money Can Buy
Kristin Surak, SOAS, University of London

Global Citizenship amid Transitional Periods of Increased Importance of STEM: Illustrations of Contemporary Sociocultural Challenges
Beverly Lindsay, University of California; Eric Jason Simeon, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

Making a Market in Citizenship
Kristin Surak, SOAS, University of London

Mapping Digital Nomads Globally: The New Urban Networks of Remote Work
Jeffrey L. Sternberg, Northeastern University

The GMP Travel Dataset: A Global Source on Transnational Human Mobility
Emanuel Deutschmann, European University Institute; Ettore Recchi, European University Institute and Sciences Po Paris

12:30-2:10 p.m.
Section on Asia and Asian America Roundtables

International Migration

Mental Health, Immigration, and Race: Case of Asian Americans
Doreen Hsu, University of California, San Diego

Re-examining hyper-selectivity: Occupational niches as ethnic capital
Brenda Gambol, CUNY-The Graduate Center

The Health Implications of Foreign Domestic Helpers’ Family and Friendship Network in Hong Kong
Jing Ye, University of Maryland, College Park; Feinian Chen, University of Maryland

Toward An Embodied Dynamics Model to Migration
Jing Zhao, University of British Columbia

2:30-4:10 p.m.
Challenges and Barriers in Health Care Delivery

Access to the Health Care Safety Net for Hispanic Immigrants in Established Gateways and New Destinations
Emily Anne Parker, Cornell University

Migration Protections, and Justice

Transnational Social Protection: Moving Forward the Agenda
Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College; Erica Dobbs, Pomona College; Ruxandra Paul, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Intersecting Transnational Social Protection: Chinese Emigrants in Canada
Sara R. Curran, University of Washington; Lake Ching Wu Lui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Transforming Gender Expectations? Experiences of Transnational Indian Women Entrepreneurs
Manashi Ray, West Virginia State University

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Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: Building a Responsive, Effective Immigration System

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET, Monday, August 12, 2019
MPI First Floor Conference Room
1400 16th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20036
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Description: The U.S. immigration system is widely acknowledged as being broken. Despite multiple attempts, solutions have proven elusive for administrations and Congress for more than two decades.

The evidence of dysfunction is in every direction: Vastly oversubscribed categories for employment visas, deep disagreement between Washington and many state and local governments about immigration enforcement and policy priorities, political paralysis over what to do about a long-settled unauthorized population, years-long caseloads tied up in the immigration court system, sharp pullbacks in refugee admissions and other humanitarian programs, and, most recently, a protracted migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

As the United States is mired in inaction, its legal immigration system resting on laws dating back to 1965 and 1990, other major immigrant-destination countries have created flexible, modernized immigration systems. What changes are needed to overcome the failings of the current system and meet U.S. economic and security interests in the decades ahead? What values and principles should guide future immigration policymaking?

To answer these and similar questions, the Migration Policy Institute is launching a major new initiative—Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy—that aims to generate a big-picture, evidence-driven vision of the role immigration can and should play in America’s future. This multi-year initiative will provide research, analysis, and policy ideas and proposals—both administrative and legislative—that reflect new realities and needs if immigration is to continue to be a comparative advantage for the United States as a society. Key topics will include employment based-immigration, humanitarian programs, and immigration enforcement.

Historically, immigration policymaking and legislation have only succeeded through across-the-aisle cooperation and consensus-building. This initiative is animated by a commitment to re-energizing such bipartisanship in shaping and advancing feasible solutions.

Please join us as we launch this initiative with a discussion among seasoned players from both political parties.

Speakers:
Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group

Cecilia Muñoz, former Director of White House Domestic Policy Council; Vice President, Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives, New America

Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Julia Gelatt, Senior Policy Analyst, MPI

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Certificate in International Migration Studies

XCPD-708 - Refugees and Displaced Persons

Course Details: Refugees and Displaced Persons focuses on international and domestic law, legal cases and policies designed to protect and assist people who have been forced to flee because of persecution, conflict and other life threatening events. It examines the causes of such flight as well as its consequences. Further discussed are the solutions to forced migration, including return, local integration and resettlement in a new community. The course explores such issues as the nexus between forced and voluntary migration, the transition from relief to development, and the intersection between refugee protection and security issues. It gives particular attention to asylum cases and standards for legal and physical protection of refugees.

Objectives:

At the completion of the course, a successful student will be able to:

* Discuss the fundamentals of international and domestic law, legal cases and policies designed to protect and assist people who have been forced to flee because of persecution, conflict and other life threatening events.
* Discuss solutions to forced migration.

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Online class: Wednesday, September 4-Friday, September 20, 2019

Tuition: $1,195.00, 3 sessions, 24 contact hours

Instructors: Elizabeth Ferris

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A good provider is one who leaves: A book event with Jason DeParle

3:00-4:15 p.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2019
AEI, Auditorium
1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Description: In his new book, “A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century” (Viking, 2019), New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize–finalist Jason DeParle explores a wide range of economic, political, and cultural facets of contemporary immigration. He tells the story of a Filipino family, the Comodas, from the Manila shantytown where he first met them in the early 1980s to Saudi Arabia, Texas, and Abu Dhabi, as they navigate cultural and linguistic differences, visas and credit cards, and complicated household structures.

Please join AEI for a conversation about Mr. DeParle’s new book and the complex and global nature of migration flows.

Agenda:

Opening remarks:
Jason DeParle, The New York Times

Panelists:
Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development
Jason DeParle, The New York Times

Moderator:
Stan Veuger, AEI

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Neuchâtel Graduate Conference 2019

Outlook on the Migration and Mobility Studies Conference

Thursday-Friday, September 12-13, 2019
National Center of Competence in Research
University of Neuchâtel
Avenue du Premier-Mars 26
2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Description: The third edition of the Neuchâtel Graduate Conference will take place on September 12–13 at the University of Neuchâtel. This year’s topic is Innovative Approaches to Migration and Mobility Studies. The conference provides a stimulating environment in which PhD and PostDoctoral fellows from different universities and research institutions can exchange ideas, establish networks, and initiate collaborative research. We welcome paper and panel submissions from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, demography, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Program: Panels, Round Tables & Expert Interviews

Thursday, September 12, 2019

9:30–11:00 a.m.
Parallel Panels

Attitudes Towards People on the Move

Emerging Patterns of Mobility

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Parallel Panels

The Strategic Use/Misuse of Citizenship Status

Transnational Dynamics

2:00–3:30 p.m.
Expert Interview

Enduring Inequalities in Academia

4:00–5:30 p.m.
Parallel Roundtables

Social Protection across Borders

Families and Children on the Move

6:00–7:30 p.m.
Expert Interview

Does It Still Make Sense to Use the Term Migrant in Today’s Society?

Friday, September 13, 2019

9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Parallel Panels

Governing Migration through Paperwork

Queer and Gendered Perspectives on Mobility

Asylum Seekers: Human Solidarity and Institutional Restrictions

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Parallel Panels

Representations of the “Refugee Crisis”

Pitfalls of Migration and Mobility Categories

2:00–3:30 p.m.
Parallel Roundtables

Public Policies and the Production of Uneven Mobility Rights

Discrimination and Obstacles to Work

4:00–5:30 p.m.
Expert Interview

Producing and Communicating Migration and Mobility Data

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16th International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference
Thursday-Friday, September 19-20, 2019
Lancelot Thompson Student Union
3154 North Towerview Boulevard
Toledo, OH 43606
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About: Since 2004, The International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference has been bringing together researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience in an effort to lay the groundwork for future collaborative research, advocacy, and program development.

To date, the trafficking conference has welcomed attendees from 42 states and 30 countries to learn from researchers, survivors, and social service, health care, and criminal justice professionals about human trafficking and social justice topics.

Recently, there have been many new and exciting opportunities for expansion regarding the conference, which includes a name change because of a larger mission. In 2015, the conference title was changed to the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference. The concept of social justice will expand topics at the conference to include many of the injustices seen in the world today.

We greatly appreciate those who have brought the conference this far. Change is hard, but is also necessary. All are welcome to join us in sharing knowledge and diverse perspectives at the conference. Our conference has a maximum of 12 continuing education credits pending for social work, counseling, marriage & family therapy, chemical dependency, nursing, health education, public health, and law.

Program:

Thursday, September 19, 2019

9:00-10:00 a.m.
An Exotic Upbringing: Developmental Experiences of Children of Exotic Dancers
Sarah Erwin and Rochelle Dalla

Boys and Men: The Often-Overlooked Victims of Transnational Sex Trafficking
Michael Pittaro

Difference between Asian and Domestic Victims
Youngbee Dale

Educating through Assessment of Emergency Department Healthcare Provider Knowledge of Human Trafficking Indicators and Resources
Karen L. Hoblet

Effectiveness of Hamro Abhiyan to Create Mass Awareness
Rajendra Kumar Gautam

Human Trafficking 101
Chuck Campbell and Jamie Vaughan

Still Not Her Fault: What We've Learned from 10 Years of CATCH Court Data
Paul M. Herbert, Hannah Estabrook, and Vanessa Perkins

10:15-11:15 a.m.
The Evolution of Victim to Leader: Human Trafficking Survivors in the Anti-Trafficking Movement
Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah and Raven E. Lynch

LIFE - Sex Trafficking in Lima, Ohio: A Case Study by the FBI/ Northwest Ohio Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force
Pete Swartz and Alex Hunt

Addressing Justice: What Prisoners Can Teach Us about Trafficking in the Sex Industry
Jill McCracken and Alex Andrews

Shadowboxing with the Truth: Dispelling the Myths of Counseling Individuals who Have Been Trafficked
Susan Foster and Emily Dykes

One Way Ticket to Hell: The Untold Story of African Migrant Workers Trapped Under the Kafala System in the Middle East
Ochuko Joy Agbeyegbe and Abibat Nasirudeen

Spring Awakening: Challenging Injustice Through the Lens of Theatre, Part 2
Rosie Best

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking: The Law, the Cases, and the Immigration Options
Elizabeth M. Donovan

Building Awareness for the Identification of Labor Trafficking for At-Risk Youth
Alisa Santucci and Bukola Oriola

Safe Harbor for All: A Statewide and Community-Driven Approach to Expand Support for Adult Survivors
Caroline Palmer and Lauren Martin

Trauma Informed Care: Understanding Trauma and the Impact of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Tiffany Brandt and Emily Robbins

Freedom for Youth
Kara Thompson and Taijun Waters

Protecting Children in the Philippines who are Sexually Exploited: Dissecting the Systematic Challenges from the NGO Context
Imogen Fell

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Books-to-Prison Pipeline: Critical Support and Advocacy for Incarcerated Women
Vicki White and Alex Andrews

Opening the Eyes of Healthcare Providers: Equipping Staff to See, Hear and Respond to Modern Slavery in their Patients
Rosie Riley and Laura C.N. Wood

Integrating Survivors Experiences for Better Prevention Design
Jessica Donohue-Dioh and Justin “Jay” Miller

Meeting People Where They Are: Harm Reduction in Sex Trafficking Outreach and Direct Services
Christy Croft

Understanding the Lived Experiences of People with Experience in the Commercial Sex Trade of Exploitation, Trafficking, and Prostitution
Paola Michelle Contreras and Heather Wightman

Victims' Rights and Survivors' Responsibility: Is the TVPA Conditionality Requirement a Human Rights Violation?
Gary Levvis

2:45-3:45 p.m.
Psychological Care and Support for the Survivors of Sex-Trafficking at IOM Moscow
Irina Churakova

Benefits and Challenges of Using Data Analytics and Mathematical Models to Aid Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts
Kayse Lee Maass

Labor Trafficking in the U.S.: A Closer Look at Forced Labor, Debt Bondage, and Involuntary Domestic Servitude
Hao Nguyen

Tips for Supporting the Families and Loved Ones of Sex Trafficking Victims
Debbie Lassiter

Legislative Action on Human Trafficking: Towards a Data-Driven Policy
David J. Corliss

Reframing the "Modern Day Slavery" Paradigm in the U.S.: A Critical and Intersectional Look at Language, Images, and Stories in Anti-Human Trafficking Conversation
Megan Mattimoe and Kate D’Adamo

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Traumatic Experiences, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Quality of Life Among Women Incarcerated in a State Prison System
Stephanie Grace Prost, Jennifer Middleton, and Amber McDonald

First You RISE, Then You Soar
Nora Riggs, Rosie Best, Megan Jablonowski, and Debra DeHoff

Intent vs Impact: Advocating for The Vulnerable
Codi Schei and Logan Dee

Emerging Themes in Human Trafficking: An Extensive Review of Case Summaries
Frances Patmon and Kate Keown

Adopting a Critical Advocacy and Social Action against Human Trafficking in Nigeria
Lamin Mohammed Kpaka

Intersections between Sex Trafficking and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Tammy Schultz and Hannah Estabrook

Friday, September 20, 2019

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Understanding Which Youth are At-Risk for Sex Trafficking and Responding
Celia Williamson

Survivor Story - Overcoming Adversity: Why Not Me?
Vanessa L. Tynes-Jass

Making Human Trafficking A National Priority: A Comparison Between the United States of America, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa
Joseph Chidiebere Osuigwe and Lewis Olatunji

Holding Corporations Accountable for Labor and Sex Exploitation
Fabio Leonardi

A Comparison of Global and U.S. Human Trafficking Structures: UNODC vs. IOM/Polaris Datasets
Vernon Murray

Social Justice Rapid Response: Engaging Students in Campus Activism
Chris Fike

Interviewing Victims and Suspects of Sex Trafficking as a Law Enforcement Officer
Wesley D. Jones

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Sex Trafficking: Health Consequences and Why Victims Stay
Celia McIntosh

Project NO REST: North Carolina Organizing and Responding to the Exploitation and Sexual Trafficking of Children
D.F. Duncan

Breaking the Stigma: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma for Front Line Workers
Lambia Karitsiotis

Criminalized, Not Listened to, or Believed: Trafficked Young People’s Experiences of Services in England
Alinka Gearon

Human Trafficking and Individuals with Developmental Disability
Pat Stephens and Steve Mentrek

An Eight-Year Analysis of Labor Trafficking Arrest Cases in the United States
Bandak Lul, Kristen Bracy, and Dominique Roe-Sepowitz

Municipal Implementation of Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts
Madeline Lohman

Building a Macro-Multidisciplinary Statewide Response to the Human Trafficking of Youth
Veronica Scherbauer, Rebekkah O'Bryan, Bhumika Patel, and Dominique Burns

When “SANE” and Trafficking Meet
Amanda Brigode

Similarities and Distinctive Aspects in the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in West Africa and the United States
Charles Hounmenou

Sex Trafficking and Early Childhood Sexual Abuse: Making Connections
Amy Rouleau

Understanding Human Trafficking through the Lens of Central American Law Enforcement and Victims
Jarrod Sadulski

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Human Trafficking in Nigeria: Exploring the Law Enforcement Perspectives
Rosemary Ometere Obari

At the Margins, but not Beyond Our Reach: Supporting LGBTQ+ Victims of Trafficking
Nicholas Oakley

Using Counselors to Assist in Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Claire Openshaw

Judges’ Censure of Offenders Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenses
Larissa Christensen and George S. Tsagaris

How to Engage Survivors for Systems Professionals
Amanda Colegrove and Bukola Oriola

Sex Work, Sexual Violence and Trafficking in the Sex Trade: Differences and Overlaps
Kate D'Adamo and Justice Rivera

2:45-3:45 p.m.
“Except as Punishment for a Crime”: State Constitutions, Slavery, and How our Founding Documents Encourage Oppression
Jesse Bach and Melissa Nahra

Disrupting Labor and Sex Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses Through Licensing, Regulation and Collaboration
Jennifer Harless

Patient Brokering: Human Trafficking in Substance Use Treatment and Recovery
Terry Cluse-Tolar, Michel Coconis, and Glenn Abraham

Phoenix Starfish Place and How to Set-Up a HUD Section 8 Voucher for Victims of Sex Trafficking
Kimberly A. Hogan, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, Kristen Bracy, and Cindy Stotler

Inter-Generational Parenting Values and its Impact on Child Rearing Practices among Survivors of Sex Trafficking (SST) across 4 Cities in India
Jessie Peter, Rochelle Dalla, and Cody Hollist

Community and Boundaries: Building Relationships in the Trauma Informed Care Environment
Mandi Pierson

The Colorado Project: Exploring Community-Based Participatory Research in Social Movements
Kara Napolitano and Annie Miller

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Working Together to Fight Trafficking in our Communities: An Interdisciplinary Effort
Kristy Eldredge and Elise Reifschneider

The Impact of Prostitution Legislation on Violence and Trafficking in the Sex Industry
Jill McCracken

Labor Law and Trafficking
Erin Albright and Megan Mattimoe

AI and Cross Sector Collaboration to Combat Trafficking
Martin Laird

Domestic Human Trafficking in Southern Brazil: A Pilot Study
R. Marie Dutra Gross

How A Dad Traded his Daughter for a Black Book: A Survivor’s Perspective
Rita Gail O'Brien

How to be Trauma Informed Rather Than Token Informed
Kristina Smith

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Migration’s Rescue of the European Union and Democracy

Harvard Center for European Studies

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Friday, September 20, 2019
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Description: What factors make some democracies more resilient and others more prone to democratic backsliding? Thirty years after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, the political trajectories of the region’s new democracies still defy expectations. Countries long-considered leaders in transitions to democracy and capitalism (Hungary, Poland) have experienced democratic backsliding and rising Euroscepticism.

Meanwhile, the laggards of post-communist transitions and EU accession (Romania, Bulgaria) now score higher that their Visegrad counterparts on some measures of democratic quality and retain EU support. What explains the unevenness of democratic consolidation in the region? This book argues that the way in which European citizenship is practiced as intra-EU free movement matters.

Even in times of crisis, European integration and liberalism maintain their appeal in countries where large parts of the population depend on European citizenship in their living-making. The book focuses on high-mobility migrants from Romania and Poland, the EU’s main migrant-sending countries, and highlights migrants’ contributions to political change in their homelands. Findings show that intra-EU mobility influences sociopolitical attitudes, voting, and the state-citizen relationship when people become economically emancipated from the national labor market (by working abroad) but remain politically rooted.

Findings also show that, paradoxically, a longer history of migration and state-led diaspora engagement limits the political incorporation of intra-EU migrants. A laissez-faire approach provides more space for bottom-up, citizen-led mobilization, empowering intra-EU movers as political actors.

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Help (Not) Wanted: Immigration Politics in Japan

4:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Princeton University, Jones Hall, #211
Princeton, NJ 08544
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Speaker(s):
Michael Strausz
Texas Christian University

Description: Why has Japan’s immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more immigrants? Michael Strausz will answer this question by drawing on insights from nearly two years of intensive field research in Japan. Ultimately, he will argue that Japan’s immigration policy has remained restrictive for two reasons. First, Japan’s labor-intensive businesses have failed to defeat anti-immigration forces within the Japanese state, particularly those in the Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Diet. Second, no influential strain of elite thought in postwar Japan exists to support the idea that significant numbers of foreign nationals have a legitimate claim to residency and citizenship.

In addition to an overview of postwar Japan’s immigration control policy, this presentation provide context to recent developments in Japanese immigration policy – particularly the December 2018 decision to admit more than 300,000 low skilled foreign laborers.

Michael Strausz is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of Asian Studies at Texas Christian University. He earned his BA in international relations and Japanese from Michigan State University and his MA and PhD in political science from the University of Washington. His book, Help (Not) Wanted: Immigration Politics in Japan will be published with SUNY Press in August, and he has published a number of other articles and book chapters about topics including Japan’s immigration policy and Japanese whaling. His research has been funded by grants from the Japan Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation, and he is a member of Cohort III of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation ’s U.S.-Japan Network for the Future.

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16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

Monday, October 7, 2019
Georgetown University Law Center
Bernard P. McDonough Hall
Hart Auditorium
600 New Jersey Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
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Description: This annual conference put on by MPI and its partners, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center, features thoughtful policy and legal analysis and discussion of the most important immigration topics from leading government officials, attorneys, researchers, advocates, and others.

Updated information will be posted soon.

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Certificate in International Migration Studies

XCPD-700 - Global Trends in International Migration

Course Details: Worldwide international migration is a large and growing phenomenon, with more than 230 million people now living outside of their home countries for extended periods. Understanding the complex dynamics behind international migration is essential to improved policies and programs to address the multiple causes and consequences of these movements of people. This course provides an overview of international migration numbers and trends, causes of population movements, the impact of international migration on source and receiving countries, and policy responses to population movements.

The course provides an introduction to the major theories underpinning the study of international migration, including the new economics of labor migration, dual labor market theory, world systems theory, cumulative causation, and migration networks theory. The course focuses attention on domestic and international legal regimes regarding migration, examining laws, major legal cases and regulatory frameworks. It also examines issues pertaining to the integration of immigrants in destination countries. The connections between migration and such other issues as security, development and environmental change are discussed.

Objectives:

At the completion of the course, successful students will be able to:

* Assess the positive and negative impacts of international migration on source, transit, and destination countries;
* Describe the international legal frameworks that set out the rights of migrants and the responsibilities of states;
* Discuss and articulate the strengths and weaknesses of the principal policy frameworks governing the admission of migrants, control of irregular migration, and protection of refugees and other forced migrants;
* Explain the importance of gender in understanding the causes and consequences of international migration; and
* Describe models for integration of immigrants in destination countries and articulate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches.

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Online class: Monday, October 7-Monday, December 2, 2019

Tuition: $1,495.00

Instructor: Katharine Donato

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Diaspora and Homeland

Thursday-Friday, October 10-11, 2019
Zagreb, Croatia
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Description: In today’s globalized world we are witness to the fact that, as never before in history, diasporas have a major role in the political, ecoonomic, cultural, religious, social and sporting life of their countries of origin. The fact that over 258 million people live outside of their country of birth and that they send more than 625 billion dollars in remittances to their country of origion perhaps best illustrates the huge potential of diasporas for their home countries. While the major focus of diasporas and homeland is on their remittances, there are many examples of how diasporas can and do through their various activities contribute to the advancement and success of their homelands both internally and in foreign affairs.

One such example which illustrates the success of a diaspora in creating economic success in the homeland is that of Chilean immigrants who returned to their homeland at the call of then Chilean leader Pinochet. These returning immigrants brought their know-how and experience to practically empower in a short period of time the economic upturn of the Chilean economy.The recent world cup of football in Russia is another example of diaspora contributions to homeland. Many football teams had diaspora players as part of their starting lineups. The best example of this was the Croatian national team which played in the finals of the world cup and which had two thirds of its players born outside of Croatia. These examples not only manifest on the one hand the strength and power of diasporas, but on the other hand also evidence of its huge potential and role in the developmental strategy of their countries of origin. Following the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, millions of citizens of
Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and other countries of the former Yugoslavia moved to the more developed countries of the democratic world, especially Europe. Faced with this new process of emigration, these countries were overnight faced with the task of developing national strategies and programs of cooperation between diaspora communities and their homelands.

In light of this new situation and the relations between diaspora and homeland, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2015 accepted Resolution 2043 titled “Democratic participation for migrant diasporas”. Among other things this resolution recommended that its members introduce policies which would facilitate diaspora members’ involvement in political life, review national legislation with a view to granting special status to members of diasporas in their countries of origin and facilitating the return process where appropriate, and promote diaspora members’ contribution to the development of their country of origin through the transfer of their knowledge, education and experience. The main focus of the conference is to examine the strategies and programs of individual countries towards their diasporas and in turn the relationships of diaspora with their home countries.

Conference themes include:

1. Diaspora relations – government
2. State policy and practice relating to the diaspora
3. The return of emigrants and their integration into the country of origin – success or failure
4. Direct diaspora investments
5. The influence of the diaspora on the country of origin
6. Immigrant tourism
7. Diaspora in international relations
8. Diaspora as a safety factor
9. Diaspora – media, radio programs, newspapers and publications
10. Emigrant literature

The conference organisers would like to emphasise that presenters have the opportunity to present on a different theme that is related to the general purpose.

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Workshop: Cities and the global governance of migration. An under-explored link.

Thursday-Friday, October 17-18, 2019
Seminar Room, Villa Malafrasca
Migration Policy Centre
Florence, Italy
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Description: In the last two decades research on various aspects of subnational governments’ policymaking on migration and diversity issues has been expanding and consolidating, leading to a ‘local turn’ in migration scholarship. Case studies and comparative research in Europe and beyond have shed light on how migration policies and laws are not only implemented but also actively produced and shaped in local arenas in which actors with different interests and conceptions of migration-related challenges continuously interact. More recently, a relational and multilevel governance perspective has been emerging: local governments are conceptualised more and more as actors in complex regulatory processes which include a multiplicity of actors at different territorial scales, both public and non public.

In this panorama though, the dimension of the global mobilisation of local governments on migration is still underdeveloped, especially vis-á-vis other policy fields such as environment and climate change. Why and how cities get engaged in policy processes around migration issues beyond the borders of their national principals are still open questions. Yet cities are becoming more and more active on the international and global migration scene, as demonstrated by their participation in the Global Compact of Migration or by the mobilisation of – old and new – transnational city networks on the issue of refugees’ reception.

In this workshop we aim at establishing a dialogue between scholars who, from different disciplinary perspectives and using different theoretical and methodological approaches, are working on the mobilisation of cities in the global governance of migration. We welcome studies that take a city perspective as well as those that focus on the organisations (e.g. City Networks) or venues (e.g. GCM forum) promoting/enabling cities’ international mobilisation on various aspects of migration-related policies (e.g. integration, asylum seekers reception, access to social assistance etc.).

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Migration Control - Book Panel

2:00-4:00 p.m., Thursday, November 14, 2019
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Speakers:

John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Invention of the Passport, 2nd Edition

Daniel Martinez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
The Shadow of the Wall: Violence and Migration on the US-Mexico Border

David FitzGerald, Theodore E. Gildred Chair in US-Mexican Relations, UC San Diego
Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
Refuge Beyond Reach

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14th Homeland Security Week

Wednesday-Friday, November 20-22, 2019
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Preliminary program:

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

9:00 a.m.
FEMA’s Strategic Plan for the Future 2018-2022

-Increasing resilience through increasing disaster preparedness on a local level
-Enhance coordination with intergovernmental agencies
-Streamline FEMA’s grant management and improve data analytics

9:45 a.m.
Modernizing Maritime Security And Border Management
-Future strategies of the Coast Guard
-Current theatre of operations and capability gaps
-Procurement priorities and strategic shifts

11:15 a.m.
Procurement and Border Management

-Border management modernization requirements.
-The improvement of border management integration, including tailored procurement of specialized equipment

Rose Marie Davis, Director, Innovative Program Acquisitions, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

DOJ’S Counter-UAS Protection and Acquisition Priorities

-Pinpointing unique requirements of the DOJ to fulfill its objectives - Taking lessons from DOD’s counter-UAS acquisition strategies applying them at home
-Testing and fielding counter-UAS technologies to determine the suitability of solutions

Scott Miller, Assistant Section Chief, Surveillance & Aviation, FBI

12:00 p.m.
Confronting the Opioid Crises and Protecting the American People

-Working with interagency and international partners on a comprehensive approaches
-Identifying and monitoring networks of foreign suppliers and domestic importers of fentanyl
-Increasing investigation and prosecution efforts

Combating Nuclear Terrorism: DHS’s Efforts to Protect Key Cities from WMDs

-Providing local agencies with equipment for detecting nuclear material
-Training local law enforcement
-Track progress by collecting data from the key cities

Dr. Jeffrey H. Musk, Chief, Nuclear Detection Division, Nuclear Technologies Department Research & Development Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

1:30 p.m.
Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Energy Critical Infrastructure

-Invest in next-generation physical security controls and cybersecurity technologies
-Continually analyzing and gaming the energy cyber-threat landscape
-Share and communicate cybersecurity information between the public and private sectors

Ronald Keen, Senior Energy Advisor, National Risk Management Center, CISA, DHS

Protecting the Nation’s Food Supply

-Identifying sector-wide vulnerabilities and gaps
-Identifying indicators and warnings that could signify planning for an attack
-Develop mitigation strategies to reduce the threat/prevent an attack

Jennie Melin, Consumer Safety Officer, FDA

2:15 p.m.
War on Drugs: Combating Organized Drug Cartels at the Border

-Increasing cohesion between federal, state and local agencies at the border
-Partnering with foreign nations to deny drug cartels a safe haven
-Monitoring money laundering and smuggling operations to hamper drug operations

Increasing the Nation’s Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Threats

-Improving threat awareness through intelligence collecting and sharing
-Investing in advanced detection and surveillance technologies
-Putting in place responsive countermeasure policies

3:30 p.m.
Procurement standards and guideline for providing goods and services to FEMA

-Purpose and importance of current rules in place
-Providing a broad overview of federal procurement rules
-Relationship between Federal rules, State, Local and Tribal procurement rules

4:15 p.m.
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

Thursday, November 21, 2019

9:00 a.m.
Identifying and Mediating National Security Threats

-Monitoring activities of groups and movements potentially at risk for radicalization and violence
-Improving information sharing policy for the Department
-Building partnerships with nation-wide State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers

David Glawe, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security

9:45 a.m.
CISA’s Priorities for Advancing Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resiliency

-Strategies in working with private partners to secure our infrastructure
-Priorities for coordinating national cyber security and communications integration center
-Coordinating security and resiliency efforts through public private partnerships

Brian Harrell, Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security, CISA, DHS

11:15 a.m.
DHS’s Evolving Requests for DoD Support Along the South-West Border

-DHS’s support requirements from April 2018 to present
-How and why those requests have evolved along with the evolving situation at the SWB
-DHS’ expectations for DoD support in FY20 and beyond

LTC Kelly Brown, Senior National Guard Advisor to DHS, U.S. Army

Leadership in Cyber
-Strategic and forward thinking
-Mentoring and nurturing talent to increase potential
-Learning and improving by listening

Kevin Nally, Chief Information Officer, US Secret Service

12:00 p.m.
Engaging with the Private Sector to Better Protect Critical Infrastructures

-Weather related threats to critical supply chains
-Improving emergency protocols
-Conducting research into improving strategies and practices Kay Mereish, Senior Advisor, DHS

The race for 5G: Protecting Emerging FifthGeneration Wireless Networks

-End-to-end protection of network traffic
-Investing in R&D to address threats and vulnerabilities to mobile networks
-Improving visibility of traffic from mobile devices to detect malware, cyberattacks and data exfiltration attempts

12:30 p.m.
Interactive Discussion Groups

During this part of the conference, each attendee will have the opportunity to select three topics of their interest from the list below and will rotate between those sessions. Discussion groups are kept small to ensure all attendees get the opportunity to ask their most pressing questions, ensuring a perfectly tailored experience.

1:30 p.m.
IDG Group 1
Key to Identifying Potential Terrorists through Research

-Identity crises often plays a significant role in a person’s transition to terrorism
-Often potential terrorists will take part in certain activities that raise red flags about their intents
-Connections with known terrorists online or offline are a big factor in radicalization

Dr. Allison G. Smith, Social Scientist, DHS

IDG Group 2
Using AI for Video Analysis and Increasing Security

-Improving multimedia analytics
-Increasing video data processing time through automation
-Increasing automatic threat detection

Dr. Jeff Alstott, Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

IDG Group 3
sUAS Threats and Policy Hurdles Facing Local Police Authorities

-sUAS threat profile for local communities
-Laws and policies limiting the abilities of local law enforcement
-Partnership opportunities with DHS to counter the threat of sUAS

IDG Group 4
Deploying Biometrics Technologies To Secure Sensitive Facilities

-Assessing security vulnerabilities of facilities
-Adding biometrics as an added layer of security
-Picking the best biometric security solutions for your facility

2:15 p.m.
Key Updates On The National Vetting Center Operations

-What are some of the lessons learned?
-Approaches to working with the IC community to support NVC’s operations
-Plans for expansion of vetting and enabling advanced analytics capabilities

National Security Threats Posed by Quantum Computing & Strategies to Mitigate Them

-Deploying more resilient cryptography standards
-Investing in quantum computing solutions
-Developing partnership with private industry to share technological know how

Using Artificial Intelligence and Situational Awareness Technologies for Critical Incident Response

-Enhancing quick decision-making skills
-Improving awareness connectivity between first responders
-Improving patient outcomes and healthcare

The Future of Biometrics & Identity Technologies

-What does the future of identity verification look like?
-Strategies and policies for biometric technology for the next 10 years
-Addressing privacy concerns and data leaks

2:45 p.m.
Improving Airport Security with the Help of AI

-Using machine learning-powered tools that can aide agents to identify threats
-accurately predict the location of threat objects on the body

Using Blockchain Technology to Improve Safety of Critical Infrastructures
-Blockchain shows promise to better protect IoT
-Improved defense mechanisms against collaborative intrusion detection

Dangers of Irregular Migration to National Security
-Human trafficking and drug smuggling networks
-Risk of potential terrorists
-Increased chance of spread of infectious diseases

Blas Nunez-Neto, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND

Transitioning Identity Management Systems To The Cloud
-Update on the development of HART
-Addressing stakeholder challenges
-Increasing collaboration and data sharing

4:00 p.m.
Promoting Best Practices and Streamlining Acquisition Management at DHS

-Establish cross-functional teams in which key stakeholders coordinate and execute the acquisition tasks
-Strategically assess agency needs and how acquisition can meet those needs
-Establish mechanisms that promote the participation of small business suppliers

4:30 p.m.
Cyber threats to critical infrastructure (what are the threats? How to counter them? How to mitigate impact of?

Bob Kolasky, Director, National Risk Management Center, CISA
Lara Schmidt, Director, Strategy, Policy, and Operations Program, RAND
Ryan Consaul, Senior International Defense Researcher, RAND

Friday, November 22, 2019

9:00 a.m.
Breaking Down the DHS Information Technology Strategic Plan 2019-2023

-Optimize workplace technologies with cost-efficient and high impact solutions
-Developing a plan for safe and swift cloud migration
-Implement data protection practices to safeguard DHS systems and applications

9:45 a.m.
Keynote Presentation -James P. O'Neill, Police Commissioner, NYPD

11:15 a.m.
The Nexus Between Homeland Defense and Homeland Security Homeland Defense: A Whole of Nation Mission

-The strategic environment demands an urgent reexamination of Homeland Defense
-Any gaps between Homeland Defense and Homeland Security must be addressed
-DoD Mission Assurance requires whole of community partnerships

Neal Anderson, Senior Advisor to DHS, NORAD

Promoting Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Security and Increase Resilience within the Nation’s Chemical Industry

-Developing and implementing partnerships -Strategies and protocols during natural disasters
-Promoting good practices among federal, state and local agencies

Eric Choy, Chief, Chemical Sector Specific Agency, CISA, DHS
Amy Graydon, Deputy Director at Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, DHS
Jonathan Buckles, Section Chief, Government & Industry Affairs, DHS

12:00 p.m.
Engaging with the Private Sector to Better Protect Critical Infrastructures

-Establishing protocols to promote information sharing
-Equipping Private Sector critical infrastructure owners and the intelligence needed to protect instrumental assets
-Strengthening and expanding current partnership agreements

Modernizing CBP’s IT Infrastructure to increase network resilience and streamlining CBP operations

-Implementing cloud technologies to better connect the vast CBP IT network
-Using machine learning and data analytics tools to improve CBP’s threat and fraud detection capabilities
-Modernizing CBP network to increase bandwidth for all users and increasing protection against attacks

1:30 p.m.
Developing Effective Response Plans to CBRN Attacks That Minimize Risk to Personnel

-Training federal government employees in how to best respond to CBRN attacks with minimal loss of services
-Identifying new and emerging technologies in the field and finding their applications within Homeland Security

Sean Crawford, Director, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Office, FEMA

Investing in full spectrum impedance and denial capabilities to reduce illegal immigration, drug smuggling and human trafficking

-Increasing infrastructure investment at the border and enforcement of immigration and criminal laws
-Equipping our law enforcement professionals with the latest tools, technology, and training they need to do their job
-Collaborating with federal and local law enforcement agencies and international

2:15 p.m.
Supporting Border Response And Recovery Capabilities With And Between Federal, State, Local And Canadian Partners

-Implementing plans to promote open communication and strategies across the international boundary
-Evaluating progress toward addressing capability gaps in the Northern and Southern Border
-Policies & Plans to facilitate effective response and recovery operations

Manpower, the core of CBP: Recruiting, Hiring, training, and retaining the most qualifies people

-Enhancing recruiting and hiring efforts and reducing obstacles to attracting quality candidates
-Improving the messaging of recruitment campaigns to more closely align with CBP’s mission
-Offering incentives to increase staff retention

3:15 p.m.
Intelligence Sharing Panel Discussion

Protecting the American people from ever-changing domestic and transnational threats requires a DHS that shares intelligence not only with internal agencies but also partnering federal intelligence agencies. In this panel leaders from various national intelligence agencies will discuss how far they have come since 9/11 when it comes to intelligence sharing and pinpoint areas for improvement.

Panelists:
Sean Moon, Chief, Global Strategies, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, DHS

Lilian Alessa, Deputy Chief, Global Strategies, DHS

3:45 p.m.
Enforcing our Immigration Laws by Empowering and Modernizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

-Increasing the numbers of law enforcement officers and support personnel
-Investing in safe and secure detention facilities
-Partnering with foreign governments to expedite necessary removals

4:30 p.m.
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

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