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1. (#1) 11/19, DC, - Conference on migrant health in crises
2. (#2) 11/19, DC - House hearing on the human rights and legal implications of DHS’ ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy - [New Listing]
3. (#3) 11/19, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on moralized political messages and attitudes toward immigrants
4. (#4) 11/20-22, DC - 2019 Homeland Security Week conference
5. (#5) 11/20-24, Vancouver, BC - Immigration at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
6. (#6) 11/21, DC - Discussion on immigration and Christianity at the border - [New Listing]
7. (#7) 11/22, San Ysidro, CA - House field hearing on the humanitarian aspects of the US migratory crisis - [New Listing]
8. (#8) 11/22, Waltham, MA - CIS at book discussion: Who’s Funding America's Destruction?
9. (#9) 12/2, San Diego - Seminar on dealing with unaccompanied child migrants
10. (#10) 12/4, Canada/USA - Webinar on municipal leadership on immigrant attraction and retention - [New Listing]
11. (#11) 12/4-6, San Antonio - Border Management South conference
12. (#12) 12/5, Cambridge, MA - Lecture on the impact of tactical infrastructure on the US-Mexican border - [New Listing]
13. (#13) 12/12-13, Paris - Annual conference on immigration in OECD countries
14. (#14) 1/13/20, San Diego - Book discussion: Citizenship in Hard Times
15. (#15) 1/16-17/20, Paris - OECD conference on migration and integration policies - [New Listing]

Migrant Health in Crises

9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Healey Family Student Center Social Room
Tondorf Road
Washington, DC 20007
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Description: While there is growing recognition of the scale of international migration and displacement, less attention has been paid to the particular health needs of migrants and displaced persons. This Symposium, jointly organized by the Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, will bring together a range of academics and practitioners to consider the particular health challenges facing migrants and refugees.

This Symposium will convene subject matter experts from humanitarian organizations, governments, and academic partners from around the world to address some of the most pressing issues surrounding the health of displaced populations, both domestically and abroad. The discussion will be organized around three focus areas that impact migrant health in crises, each with a regional focus:

Program:

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Forced Displacement and Health Overview
Katharine Donato and Erin Sorrell, Georgetown University

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Infectious disease, conflict and displacement: focus on Africa

Moderator:
Claire Standley, Georgetown University

Melissa Horn, Lead Protection Sector Advisor, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance, USAID

Yves Giebens, Health Coordinator, International Committee of the Red Cross, Jerusalem

Reem Musa, Médecins sans Frontières, Brussels

Bernard Nahlen, Director Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Refugee Healthcare in host countries: focus on MENA

Moderator:
Elizabeth Ferris, Georgetown University

Paul Spiegel, Director of Center for Humanitarian Health and Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dani Poole, Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College

Aisha Jumaan, Founder and President, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation

Eskinder Negash, President and CEO, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

12:45-2:15 p.m.
Border Health: focus on US-Mexico border

Moderator:
Ranit Mishori, Georgetown University

Aleksander Anikov, Regional Migration Health Specialist for the Americas, International Organization for Migration

Ciro Ugarte, Director Health Emergencies Department Pan American Health Organization

Alan Shapiro, Senior Medical Director of Community Pediatric Programs, Clinical Assistant Professor Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Health Systems.

Kathryn Hampton - Director of Asylum Program, Physicians for Human Rights

2:15-2:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Dr. Katharine Donato and Dr. Erin Sorrell, Georgetown University

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Examining the Human Rights and Legal Implications of DHS’ ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

10:00 AM, Tuesday, November 19, 2019
House Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations
310 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
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Witnesses:

Laura Peña, Pro Bono Counsel, American Bar Association Commission on Immigration

Erin Thorn Vela, Staff Attorney, Racial and Economic Justice Program, Texas Civil Rights Project

Todd Schneberk, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Co-Director, Human Rights Collaborative, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Asylum Network Clinician, Physicians for Human Rights

Michael Knowles, President, AFGE Local 1924, Special Representative, AFGE National CIS Council 119

Thomas Homan, Former Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (minority witness)

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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 24, 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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Christianity at the Border: Immigration Today

Co-sponsored with: National Review Institute

6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, November 21, 2019
Catholic Information Center
1501 K Street NW Suite 175
Washington, DC xxxxxx
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Speakers:
Jenny Yang, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at World Relief where she provides oversight for all advocacy initiatives and policy positions at World Relief and leads the organization’s strategy regarding public relations.

Nathan Bult, Vice President of Public and Government Affairs at Bethany Christian Services. Prior to joining Bethany, he served as a senior communications adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services. Nathan began his career working for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives where he served seven years.

Ashley Feasley, Director of Policy for Migration and Refugee Services at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Prior to working at USCCB, Ashley worked as the Director of Advocacy for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC).

Kathryn Jean Lopez, Senior Fellow at the National Review Institute where she directs the Center for Religion, Culture, and Civil Society, and editor-at-large of National Review. She is also a nationally syndicated columnist with Andrews McMeel Universal.

Live Streamed

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Humanitarian Aspects of the United States Migratory Crisis

2:00 p.m. PST, Friday, November 22, 2019
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee: Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations
4235 Beyer Blvd
San Ysidro, CA 92173
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Witnesses:

Charanya Krishnaswami
Americas Advocacy Director, Amnesty International USA

Nana Gyamfi
Executive Director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration

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Who’s Funding America's Destruction?

7:00-9:00 p.m., Friday, November 22, 2019
Bentley University, LaCava Center
175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452
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Speakers:
Michelle Malkin, book author

Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies

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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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A Roadmap to Regional Prosperity: Municipal leadership on Immigrant Attraction and Retention

Cities of Migration Webinar
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Canada/USA
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Description: Beyond welcoming, how can municipal leadership create the conditions for the long-term success and well-being of newcomers, their families and every resident in the community? Population decline and economic development needs are driving many small and mid-sized cities across Canada and the United States to invest in immigration as a strategy to unlock their community’s future. Municipal leaders are mobilizing new stakeholders, including employers, chambers of commerce, local NGOs, public institutions and multiple levels of government to align economic development and immigration goals for community health and well-being.

Join us online to learn how municipal leadership in Moncton (Atlantic Canada) and Anchorage (Alaska, U.S.A.) are designing a roadmap to their immigrant future through action-oriented strategies for inclusive community growth.

Unable to attend?

* Email us your questions to the presenters in advance!
* Tweet your questions to @CitiesMigration
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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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Wounding Wall: Injury and Rescue on the U.S.-Mexico Border

12:00-1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 5, 2019
Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Speaker:
Ieva Jusionyte, Harvard University

Description: Intensified criminalization of immigration since the 1990s, aggravated by concerns with terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11, led the United States government to designate the border with Mexico as a source of threats and waging there a series of “wars”: against drugs, against terrorism, and now against migrants and refugees. The wall is a key component of what the Border Patrol calls “tactical infrastructure,” a weapon against those who try to cross into the United States without authorization. Based on ethnographic fieldwork with emergency responders on both sides of the border in Arizona and Sonora, where they rescue wounded migrants as well as fight fires and contain toxic spills that know no political jurisdictions, this talk examines the politics of injury and rescue in the militarized region. Operating in this area, firefighters and paramedics are torn between their mandate as frontline state actors and their responsibility as professional rescuers, between the limits of
law and pull of ethics. From this vantage they witness and experience firsthand the negative effects of deploying both the built environment and the natural topography in the name of national security.

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Immigration in OECD Countries - 9th Annual International Conference

Thursday-Friday, December 12-13, 2019
OECD Boulogne Conference Centre - 46
quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France
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Description: The conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and defining their socio-economic determinants and consequences. Topics of interest for the conference include, among others, the determinants of immigration to the OECD, migrants’ self-selection, the labor market and public finance effects of immigration, as well as migrants and refugees social, political and economic integration.

The Keynote speakers are:

Uta Schoenberg, University College of London
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Thierry Mayer, Sciences Po

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Citizenship in Hard Times

12:00-1:30 p.m., Monday, January 13, 2020
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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Sara Wallace Goodman, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Co-Director, Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy, UC Irvine

Description: What do citizens do in times of democratic crisis? When democracy is under threat, do everyday citizens activate and mobilize, or do they hunker down, demobilize, and express greater support for homogeneity (like speaking English)? Scholars, pundits and policy experts have largely focused on elite behavior and institutional guardrails, but the citizenry is a foundation to any story about democracy under threat. This book is the first to examine civic obligation in unsettled democratic times from the perspective of citizens themselves. It employs a three-country study of the US, UK, and Germany, to examine how democratic citizens define obligation and for whom, comparing native-born and naturalized citizens. Findings highlight the importance of how democratic problems are framed, and puts forward a number of policy prescriptions for overhauling civic education.

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Making Migration and Integration Policies Future Ready

Ministerial and Forum on Migration
Thursday-Friday, January 16-17, 2020
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France
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Description: Under the title “Making Migration and Integration Policies Future Ready”, Ministers responsible for migration and integration issues from all OECD countries and from selected non-OECD countries will have the opportunity to exchange their views on their countries’ challenges, opportunities, and best practices in a Ministerial Meeting to be held on 17 January 2020 in Paris.

Notably Ministers will address:

* Innovative Approaches to managing Economic Migration
* Partnerships to improve Migration Enforcement and Compliance
* Innovative Approaches to Integration
* Engaging the Whole of Society and Improving Co-ordination

Ministers will also set out their priorities for Migration and Integration Policy work of the OECD.

Conference agenda to be available soon.

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