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1. (#1) 10/29, DC - Discussion on Latin American responses to the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migration crises - [New Listing]
2. (#2) 10/29, DC - House hearing on the impact of immigration policies on service members and veterans - [New Listing]
3. (#3) 10/29, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on the methodology of immigration law
4. (#4) 10/29, Cambridge, MA - Seminar on our hidden borders
5. (#5) 10/30, DC - House hearing on global terrorism and threats to the homeland
6. (#6) 10/30-11/1, Monterey, CA - CIS at conference on homeland defense/security education - [New Listing]
7. (#7) 11/4, DC - Book panel: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
8. (#8) 11/4, Cambridge, MA - Discussion on America's immigration dilemma
9. (#9) 11/4-6, Miami - Conference on Building a cooperative maritime response to illicit flows across the Atlantic
10. (#10) 11/5, DC - Conference on human trafficking policy - [New Listing]
11. (#11) 11/6, DC - Conference on current challenges in refugee policy - [New Listing]
12. (#12) 11/7, Tougaloo, MS - House field hearing on the impact of immigration raids on communities in Mississippi
13. (#13) 11/14, San Diego - Book panel: Migration Control
14. (#14) 11/19, DC, - Conference on migrant health in crises - [New Listing]
15. (#15) 11/19, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on moralized political messages and attitudes toward immigrants
16. (#16) 11/20-22, DC - 2019 Homeland Security Week conference
17. (#17) 11/20-24, Vancouver, BC - Immigration at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
18. (#18) 12/2, San Diego - Seminar on dealing with unaccompanied child migrants
19. (#19) 12/4-6, San Antonio - Border Management South conference

Latin American Responses to the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Migration Crises

8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, October 29, 2019
MPI Conference Room
1400 16th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
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Agenda and Speakers:

8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks and Overview
Andrew Selee, President, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

8:45–10:15 a.m.
Regional Responses to Venezuelan Migration (Panel 1)

Frieda Roxana Del Águila Tuesta, Superintendent of Migration, Peru

Christian Krüger Sarmiento, Director, Migration Colombia

Andrés Alfonso Ramírez Silva, Director, Mexican Refugee Commission (COMAR)

Hernán Yánez González, Under Secretary of International Protection and Assistance for Immigrants, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador

Jose Tomás Vicuña, National Director, Servicio Jesuita de Migrantes, Chile

Raísa Ortiz Cetra, Member, International Team, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Argentina

Moderator:
Andrew Selee, President, MPI

10:30–11:30 a.m.
Regional Responses to Nicaraguan Outflows (Panel 2)

Carlos Andrés Torres Salas, Vice Minister of the Interior and Police, Costa Rica

Harold Villegas-Román, Advisor to the Vice Minister of the Interior and Police; and Commissioner, Restricted Visa and Refugee Commission, Costa Rica

Alberto Cortés Ramos, Professor, Political Science Department, University of Costa Rica

Moderator:
Manuel Orozco, Director, Migration, Remittances, and Development Program, Inter-American Dialogue

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
The International Response to the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Humanitarian Crises (Panel 3)

Chiara Cardoletti-Carroll, Deputy Regional Representative for the United States and the Caribbean, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Luca Dall’Oglio, Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM) USA

Dana Francis, Director, Office of Assistance for Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director, Department of Social Inclusion, Organization of American States (OAS)

Moderator:
Juan F. Jiménez Mayor, former Prime Minister and former Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Peru

12:45–1:00 p.m.
New Approaches toward Protection and Integration in the Region?

Diego Chaves, Visiting Fellow, MPI

Jessica Bolter, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI

As crises continue to unfold in Venezuela and Nicaragua, more than 4.5 million people have left both of those countries, with most settling in neighboring countries in the region. To date, Latin American countries have generally responded by finding pragmatic ways to receive and integrate migrants and refugees from Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Join the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) for a series of panel discussions examining the challenges ahead as countries in the region seek to chart future strategies for responding to large-scale forced migration flows. Leading policymakers and key stakeholders from the region, as well as representatives of major international institutions involved with the regional response, will offer their views on changing entry requirements; legal pathways and asylum processes; access to education, health care, and public services; and the opportunities and challenges that these migration flows present for the future of the region.

Speakers on all the panels will speak a mix of English and Spanish, and simultaneous interpretation services will be provided.

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The Impact of Current Immigration Policies on Service Members and Veterans, and their Families

2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, 2019
House Committee on the Judiciary
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
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Witnesses:
Hector Barajas-Varela
Director and Founder, Deported Veterans Support House

Jennie Pasquarella
Director of Immigrants' Rights, ACLU of California and Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Southern California

Margaret D. Stock
Immigration Attorney and Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), Military Police Corps, US Army Reserve

Mark Metcalf
Former Immigration Judge and Lieutenant Colonel, Army National Guard

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The Methodology of Immigration Law

12:00-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, 2019
William James Hall, Room 450
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Speakers:
Tally Kritzman-Amir, Israel Institute Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University

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Our Hidden Borders: Guantanamo, Interdiction, and the Rise of Offshore Migration Policing

The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration

4:30-6:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, 2019
MIT Center for International Studies
1 Amherst Street, E51-095
Cambridge, MA 02142
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Description: Where exactly are the United States' immigration borders? Are they simply at the edge of US sovereign territory as the fixation on walls, fences, and domestic enforcement programs would suggest? In this talk, I offer a different perspective by tracing the rise of a mobile US border regime and its extension out into ocean spaces hundreds and thousands of miles beyond US soil. Along the way, we'll examine the reimagining of Guantánamo as a model for flexible, extraterritorial migration control and the intensive litigation battles over the treatment of Haitian asylum seekers that both gave birth to the US asylum system and partially drove it into a space of oceanic exceptionalism. As we'll see, the emergence of offshore interdiction and detention reveals not only hidden features of our contemporary borderscape but the roots of a respatialization of the nation-state itself.

Speaker:
Jeffrey Kahn, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis

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Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland, Part II

10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2019
House Committee on Homeland Security
310 Cannon House Building
Washington, DC 20510
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Witnesses:
Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security

Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Russell Travers, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

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Homeland Defense/Security Education Summit

Conference Theme: Public Interest Security: Leveraging Education to Connect Policy and Operations with American Perspectives of Homeland Security.

Wednesday-Thursday, October 30-November 1, 2019
Monterey Conference Center
1 Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940
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Friday, November 1, 2019

9:15-10:00 a.m.
Setting the Scene – Security, Borders, and Future Challenges

Gil Kerlikowske Former Commissioner, US Customs and Border Protection and Director, White House Office of Drug Control Policy

Glen Woodbury Director, NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion

Border Issues – Security Challenges and Opportunities

Moderator:
Alan Bersin, Former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary, Policy and Commissioner, US Customs and Border Protection

Panelists:
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Patrick Schaefer, Director, Hunt Institute University of Texas El Paso

Blas Nuñez-Neto Senior Policy Researcher RAND Corporation

Nathan Bruggeman, JD BorderWorks Advisors LLC

Brenda Estevan Former Security Attache, Mexican Embassy Senior Advisor on International Relations, Mexican Ministry of Governance

Border Security and Human Security Research Panel Sessions

1:15–3:00 p.m.
Session 1

Panel A - Border Security: Integrated Approach

Moderator:
David Brannan NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security

Presenters:
Border Security in the Context of Homeland Security Issues and Priorities
Dave McIntyre, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

Current Border Operations and Challenges
Mike Bailey, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

Terrorism as a Border Issue
Danny Davis, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

Understanding Border Security through Public Admin Theories and Frameworks
Sonny Smith, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

Panel B - International Issues in Border Security and Emergency Management

Moderator:
Karl Kim University of Hawaii

Presenters:
Global Governance of Border, Collaborating and Coordinating with International Partners
Keith Cozine St. John’s University

Relating Europe’s Migrant-Terrorism Experience to U.S. Border Security
Todd Bensman Center for Immigration Studies

Panel C - Innovative Approaches to Security

Moderator:
Erik Dahl NPS Center for Homeland Defense & Security National Security Affairs Department

Presenters:
Homeland Security and Public Interest & Knowledge: The Whole Community and the Citizen 2016-2018. A Pennsylvania Residents’ Poll Study
Alexander Siedschlag, Pennsylvania State University

3:15–5:00 p.m.
Session 2

Panel A - Homeland Defense, Emergency Management and the Border

Moderator:
David McIntyre, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

Presenters:
Executing Complex Emergency Management Plans
Ted Halpin, Director, Madison County (NY) Office of Emergency Management and Communications

Doing Less with More: A Debate on International Crisis Response and Recovery
David Nitsch, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

Data-Driven Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of Border Security
Kevin Peters, DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Madeline Kristoff, DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services

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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

5:00-6:15 p.m. EST, Monday, November 4, 2019
Cato Institute, F.A. Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
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Speakers:
Bryan Caplan, Author and Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Zach Weinersmith, Illustrator, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic strip; New York Times bestselling author

Commentator:
Tim Kane, JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Moderator:
Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration Policy Studies, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

Description: In their new graphic nonfiction book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, authors Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith turn the heated public debate over immigration on its head by proposing a radical and controversial solution: open borders. Caplan argues that opening all borders would practically eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy?greatly benefiting all of humanity, including Americans. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal fame, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration in a new format sure to spark lively debate. Caplan and Weinersmith will be joined by Tim Kane, the JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, who is a supporter of liberal immigration laws but a critic of open borders. Please join us for a timely and lively discussion.

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America’s Immigration Dilemma

Co-sponsors: MIT Starr Forum, MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), and The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration

1:00-2:30 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2019
Building E15, 070 Bartos
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
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Speaker:
Cristina Rodríguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Discussant:
Justin Steil, Assistant Professor of law and urban planning

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Atlantic Strategy Group 2019 United States: Illicit Flows Across the Atlantic: Building a Cooperative Maritime Response

Monday-Wednesday, November 4-6, 2019
Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Description: The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) is the core activity in our wider Atlantic work. Through twice-yearly meetings, the group has explored emerging developments in Atlantic geopolitics and geo-economics, and their implications for transatlantic partnerships. The next meeting of the ASG will be held in Miami, November 4-6, 2019, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts, and will address the topic of illicit trafficking across the Atlantic and the need to further develop and improve maritime security cooperation at the regional and transatlantic levels. This edition of the ASG is organized in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, the Luso American Development Foundation, and the Green Family Foundation, and with the cooperation of I.R. Consilium.

Participation to the Atlantic Strategy Group is upon invitation only. For more information please contact Laura Basagni at [email protected].

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A Shared Global Shame: Human Trafficking Policy and Its Effectiveness in a Disruptive Environment

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Georgetown University Intercultural Center Auditorium
37th & O Street
Washington, DC 20057
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Featuring:
John (Jack) Scarola, Partner, Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart, and Shipley
Christine Dolan, Investigative Journalist, former CNN Political Director

The State of Human Trafficking Policy
Stephen Diaz Gavin, Partner, Rimon P.C. Law Firm
Kevin Hyland, former UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
William “Chip” Rogers, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association

What is on the Horizon?
Bob Hamer, retired FBI Agent
Homayra Sellier, Founder & CEO, Innocence in Danger
Del Wilber, retired Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency

Open to all students, the public, and the media.

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Current Challenges in Refugee Policy: Kids, Courts, and Refugee Resettlement in Global Perspective

9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Georgetown University, Copley Formal Lounge
3700 O Street, NW
Washington DC 20057

Description: This conference, as part of the Global Refugee and Migration Project, examines policies toward refugee and migrant children, the role of religion and religious institutions in forced migration, procedural justice for migrants in US courts, and the challenges of religious resettlement agencies.

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Immigration Raids: Impacts and Aftermath on Mississippi Communities

10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 7, 2019
Holmes Hall Auditorium, Tougaloo College
Touglaoo, MS 39174
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Witnesses:
TBA

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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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Migrant Health in Crises

9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Georgetown University, HFSC Social Room
3700 O Street, NW
Washington DC 20057

Description: This conference will include sessions on health issues at the US-Mexico border, refugee health in the Middle East and disease and displacement in Africa. Speakers include academics, medical practitioners, international organizations and health-related NGOs and government aid representatives.

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Moralized Political Messages and Attitudes Toward Immigrants

12:00-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019
William James Hall, Room 450
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Kristina Simonsen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Aarhus University.

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14th Homeland Security Week

Wednesday-Friday, November 20-22, 2019
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street 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

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

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

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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American Anthropological Association annual meeting

Wednesday-Sunday, November 20-24, 2019
Vancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC
V6C 0C3, Canada
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Immigration-related sessions:

Wedneday, November 20, 2019

4:30 p.m.
Race, Representation and Migration

Elizabeth Ann Kozlowski – Tulane University
Sabia McCoy-Torres – Tulane University
Shao-Yun Chang – Tulane University
Sarah M. Reynolds – Tulane University
Diane Ghogomu – Tulane University

Thursday, November 21, 2019

10:15 a.m.
Privatization of Migration Enforcement and Humanitarian Management in Borderland Infrastructures

Carolina Sanchez Boe – Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Cité
Vincent Nicolas Joos – Florida State University
Sarah Elaine Dillard Mitchell – Clark University
Asher Goldstein – Linkoping universitet

2:00 p.m.
Volunteering Compassion and Solidarity: Creating Inclusive Climates for Migrants and Refugees in Europe

Ashley Laurel Witcher – University of Amsterdam
Michael C. Ennis-McMillan – Skidmore College, Department of Anthropology
Ashley Laurel Witcher – University of Amsterdam
Nicola L. Bulled – Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), at University of Connecticut
Monika Palmberger – University of Vienna
Frances Trix – Indiana University
Laura Schack – Royal Holloway, University of London
Katherine C. Donahue – Plymouth State University

9:30 p.m.
Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE) Café Europa: Migration and Affect

Dace A. Dzenovska – University of Oxford
Elena Popa

Friday, November 22, 2019

2:00 p.m.
Examining the Boundary and Border-Producing Practices that Immigrant Youth and Refugee Families Encounter in U.S. Institutions

Theresa A. McGinnis – Hofstra University
Sally Bonet – Colgate University
Sophia L. Ángeles – University of California, Los Angeles
Daryl M. Gordon – Adelphi University
Iris M. Ramirez – University of California, Los Angeles

4:15 p.m.
Borders, Policing, and Latinx Immigrant Vulnerability: A roundtable discussion of four new ethnographies of immigrant policing in the United States

Nolan Kline – Rollins College, Department of Anthropology
Ruth M. Gomberg-Munoz – Loyola University Chicago
Christina Marisa Getrich – University of Maryland, College Park
Nolan Kline – Rollins College, Department of Anthropology
William D. Lopez – University of Michigan School of Public Health
Jeremy Slack – The University of Texas at El Paso
Heide Castaneda – University of South Florida
Sarah B. Horton – University of Colorado Denver, Department of Anthropology

Migration, mobilities and “vitality’ in la francophonie canadienne

Gabrielle Breton-Carbonneau – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
Thierry Deshayes – Université de Montréal
Monica Heller – University of Toronto; Yves Frenette
Patricia Lamarre – University of Montreal
Carsten Quell – Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Migration, Placemaking and the Interrogation of Nation-based Discourses

Glynis George
Nicola Mooney
Jennifer Cook – Southern Methodist University
Mark McIntyre – University of Victoria
Diane Riskedahl – University of Toronto Scarborough

Migration, scale, language ideologies

Adrienne Lo – University of Waterloo
Elise C. Berman – University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Lydia Catedral – City University of Hong Kong
Kathryn C. Hardy – Ashoka University
Adrienne Lo – University of Waterloo
Sibusiwe Dube – Pennsylvania State University
Cecile Vigouroux - Simon Fraser University

Saturday, November 23, 2019

8:00 a.m.
Class Acts: Migration and Social Mobility in Africa and its Diasporas

Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg – Carleton College
Cati Coe – Rutgers University, Camden
Julia Pauli – University of Hamburg, Germany
Yolanda D. Covington-Ward – University of Pittsburgh
Chelsie Yount-Andre – University of Montpellier, France
Abdoulaye Kane – University of Florida
Lena Luise Kroeker – Bayreuth University

Ethnicity, Migration, and Labor in Modern Turkey

Deniz Duruiz – Northwestern University
Elif Irem Az – Columbia University
Nikolaos Michailidis – Princeton University
Onur Gunay – Princeton University
Elif Babul – Mount Holyoke College
Salih Can Aciksoz – University of California, Los Angeles

10:15 a.m.
Executive Session - Oral Presentation Session - The Migrant Caravan and Legacies of Violence: The Changing Climate of Immigration and Asylum at the U.S./Mexican Border and Beyond

Timothy J. Smith – Appalachian State University
Ellen Moodie – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Anthropology
Jon Horne Carter – Appalachian State University
M. Gabriela Torres – Wheaton College
Victoria D. Sanford – CUNY - Herbert H Lehman College
Mariana Mora – CIESAS
Lynn M. Stephen – University of Oregon
Ruth M. Gomberg-Munoz – Loyola University Chicago

Articulating Morality in Return Migration

Valerio Simoni – The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Jeremie Voirol – Graduate Institute Geneva
Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar – University of Nevada Reno, Department of Anthropology
Paul Stoller – West Chester University
Marina V. Sapritsky-Nahum – London, UK
Ellen Oxfeld – Middlebury College
Jarrett Zigon – University of Virginia
Edward F. Fischer – Vanderbilt University

2:00 p.m.
Coming of Age Between the US, Mexico, and Central America’s Northern Triangle: Youth, Im/migration, and Education - Session 1

Michelle Bellino – University of Michigan, SOE
Edmund T. Hamann – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Educ.
Maxie Gluckman – University of California, San Diego
Gabrielle Oliveira – Boston College
Susan C. Bibler Coutin – University of California, Irvine
Andrea E. Dyrness – University of Colorado, Boulder
Ariel Borns – University of Wisconsin - Madison

Familiar Strangers: The Making and Continuity of Canada-U.S. State-sanctioned 'Seasonal' Migrant Labor

Luis F.B. Plascencia
Christian Zlolniski – University of Texas Arlington
David Griffith – East Carolina University
Stephanie Mayell; Lidia Esther Munoz

Meeting of SUNTA's Committee on Refugees & Immigrants (CORI)

Suzanne Scheld – California State University, Northridge
Faedah M. Totah – Virginia Commonwealth University School of World Studies

4:15 p.m.
Coming of Age Between the US, Mexico, and Central America’s Northern Triangle: Youth, Im/migration, and Education - Session 2 (of 2)

Maxie Gluckman – University of California, San Diego
Michelle Bellino – University of Michigan, SOE;
Edmund T. Hamann – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Educ.
Jen Stacy – California State University, Dominguez Hills
David Martinez-Prieto – University of Texas at San Antonio
Bradley A. Levinson – Indiana University, Bloomington

Mobile Solidarities: Thinking About Migration Through Kinship and Indebtedness

Fiori Sara Berhane – Brown University
Carla Hung – Arizona State University
Lilith Mahmud – University of California, Irvine
Jamie Fuller – University of Florida
Justinas Stankus
Sarah A. Smith – SUNY - Old Westbury

Sunday, November 24, 2019

10:15 a.m.
Cultural Capital, Immigration, and Bilingual Acquisition: Transnational and Transgenerational Perspectives of Chinese Parents’ and Communities’ Practices in Canada

Guofang Li – University of British Columbia
Caroline Chung-Hsuan Locher-Lo – University of British Columbia
Ai Mizuta – University of British Columbia
Cindy Lau – University of British Columbia
Zhuo Sun – University of British Columbia

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Suffer the Little Children: Unaccompanied Child Migrants and the Geopolitics of Compassion in Postwar America

12:00-1:00 p.m., Monday, December 2, 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:
Anita Casavantes Bradford
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History, UC Irvine
Co-Director, UC-Cuba Multi Campus Academic Initiative

Discussant:
John Skrentny
Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
Director, Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research, UC San Diego

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Border Management South

Wednesday-Friday, December 4-6, 2019
Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio
8101 Pat Booker Rd.
Live Oak, Texas, 78233, USA
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Overview: The southern border shared between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. is an enormous economic gateway for the United States, but it requires control, safety and modernization to maintain it. Enforcing laws and securing the border is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security. As time passes, the need for operator driven policies and solutions, modern devices, and fully integrated border becomes more crucial.

This year’s Border Management South Summit will aim to connect local, federal and state officials to discuss the top challenges and priorities in the field. Interactive group discussions and panels will address procurement initiatives and aligning border solutions with development of operators.

Agenda:

Focus Day, Wednesday, December 4, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
USING THE INTEGRATION OF IT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE RESPONSE AT THE BORDER

The U.S./Mexico border is in need of becoming a fully integrated border. This session will evaluate how communication between law enforcement officials and security personnel will be seamless and sufficient using integration strategies.

* Understanding how the integration of technological systems will enhance communication across the border
* Enhancing border mobility
* Managing information data flow across the border

10:30 a.m.
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL USING SECURITY APPLICATIONS

This session will provide a break down of how the use of advanced analytics can transform and protect the border. Advanced analytics will be able to detect security breaches from objects, unauthorized people and more. Security personnel will be able to receive knowledge of potential threats and act accordingly and in a timely manner.

* Using AI and ML to not only stockpile data, but also manage it
* Utilizing analytical tools to enhance perimeter protection
* Enabling security personnel to recognize threats using intelligent video

12:30 p.m.
ANALYZING DATA TO PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS AND OUTCOMES

Data will only become sufficient and useful if it is then transformed into action. Join us as we learn about the transforming of paper data into visionary plans and help detect future events. Information management allows room for improvement to border services and protection of citizens.

* Managing current data and transforming it into visionary plans and action
* Collecting and exploiting data to drive border decision making Timothy Bennett, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security

Thursday, December 5, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
TEXAS IN REAL-TIME: RESPONDING AT THE BORDER

* Gain insight on how front line law enforcement officials are tackling border issues in real-time
Sheriff Waybourn, Tarrant County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, Del Val Verde County

9:45 a.m.
ANALYZING THE U.S. BORDER AS A SYSTEM: THE MEMBRANE, THE SURVEILLANCE AND THE HUMAN ELEMENT

In order to effectively secure the U.S. / Mexico border, it should be thought of as a system divided into three parts. A representative of the DHS will outline ways of uniting the organizational structure and breaking down each border element into compartments that work together to provide one outcome - effective border security.

* Evaluating the border as a whole system and not in parts
* Identifying the humanity aspect when working at the border

11:00 a.m.
ADVANCING ALL SITUATIONAL AND DOMAIN AWARENESS TO SUPPORT BORDER MISSIONS

Supporting border missions through situational and all domain awareness allows room to address challenges and provides understanding on how to respond in a threatening environment. Custom Border Patrol representatives will share how to appropriately notice changes across the border and respond rapidly.

* Building and sustaining situational awareness in a threat environment
* Using all domain awareness to predict future actions and threats
* Being aware of air, land and maritime border challenges and opportunities
Jennifer Barreras-Rawls, Operations Section Chief of Joint Task Force West, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

11:45 a.m.
ENSURING INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN OPERATIONS IN A THREAT ENVIRONMENT

It is important to use intelligence for improvement of the border system as a whole. Understanding how to share intelligence between partners and how to utilize the data given is a key component in securing the border.

* Understanding a threat environment using information and data
* Sharing Intelligence between Law Enforcement Enterprise Partners
Brad Skinner, Deputy Director Office of Field Operations Laredo Field Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

* Advancing the border using intelligence and innovative technology
* Enhancing operation objectives to increase border protection productivity
* Bringing the human element back into border management

1:30 p.m.
USING A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS BORDER CHALLENGES

Scientific breakthroughs and advancements have caused a huge gateway for the use of CIP and enhancing threat management. Here you will understand how intelligence pictures and process help conquer nearby threats.

* Using common intelligence pictures to showcase threat capabilities
* Establishing the ability to detect threats beyond the border
* Deploying a systematic process for analyzing and distributing data

2:15 p.m.
ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS AND ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION

Establishing partnerships will assist the border in creating meaningful relationships and thus, actively creating new ways to guard the U.S. / Mexico Border. Utilizing department-wide cooperation and international input will help overcome border threats.

* Establishing a unity of effort approach to effectively guard the U.S/Mexico Border
* Building international partnerships to effectively detect threats
* Enhancing supply chain security to conduct thorough examinations at the border
Ismael Navarez Jr., Special Agent in Charge, IRS

3:00 p.m.
ADVANCING THE BORDER WITH THE MODEL PORTS PROGRAM

The Model Ports Program was designed to improve overall experience and operations at the port of entry. This session will showcase the reasoning and effectiveness behind the Model Ports Program.

* Improving wait time monitoring and processing
* Conducting meetings with senior level industry leaders for establish goals and monitoring techniques
* Using Public-Private Partnerships to enhance operation at the ports of entry

Friday, December 6, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
PROCUREMENT: FUTURE INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

A DHS representative will disclose the 2020 Vision for the Department of Homeland Security. Attendees will understand where important investments are being made and how future policy will evolve border management.

* The 2020 outlook for the U.S./Mexico Border
* How policy changes will provide solutions to current border challenges
* Understanding future border investments
Rose Marie Davis, Director innovation Program Acquisitions, DHS

9:45 a.m.
IMMIGRATION OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE BORDER

The border is currently filled with multiple families including children seeking to come to the U.S. Due to the increase of migrants, facilities constantly become over crowded. Gain insights on how to ensure maintenance of facilities and navigate current and future border policies to secure the border.

* Maintaining protocol and policies when dealing with families at border
* Creating a safe and ethical environment at the U.S. /Mexico border
Robert Gross, DHS Attaché, Department of Homeland Security

11:00 a.m.
PROMOTING INNOVATION AND INTEGRITY AMONGST PERSONNEL

Training personnel on how to react in force situations and maintaining DHS ethical standards is important. Join us as we evaluate new initiatives taking place to reconstruct and advance CBP’s organizational structure.

* Reconstructing the border’s organizational structure
* Ensuring ethical conduct and integrity along the border
* Advancing training initiatives in assisting use of force situations

11:45 a.m.
PREVENTING COUNTERTERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AT THE BORDER

Joining forces across law enforcement allows one to maximize its resources and enhance operational integration. Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security will share how the interaction of global partners will assist with reducing crime and potential threats.

* Joining forces with local, state, and federal law enforcement to increase resources
* Using integrated operations to detect weapons and disrupt illegal crossings
* Expanding mobility to quicken response to threats John Jones, Divisional Director Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Texas Department of Public Safety

1:30 p.m.
ADVANCING BORDER TRADING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE U.S.

Implementing strategies and trade intelligence will protect against unlawful items from entering. This session will break down the use of trade intelligence in real time and how it will shape enforcement efforts.

* Collaborating with advanced technology and enforcement to intercept high-risk shipment
* Responding to border risk in real-time using trade intelligence
* Integration of law enforcement to help protect the border from illegal trade

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