The recent influx of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America has urgent humanitarian, legal and political implications for the United States and nations south of the border. How should countries of origin and destination share the costs and other responsibilities of migration? What factors are at the intersection of domestic and regional concerns? What are possible approaches to this complex issue? At this event, a select group of stakeholders — including diplomats, policy experts, scholars, journalists, activists and government officials — explored foreign and domestic immigration policies and developed recommendations for effective strategies on both sides of the border. The event was sponsored by the Baker Institute Mexico Center and Latin America Initiative in conjunction with the American Jewish Committee’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs.
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Keynote Panel — Immigration: A Regional Perspective
Keynote Address by Maria Hinojosa
Monday, Jan. 12, 2015
5:30 pm |
Opening Reception |
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6:30 pm |
Keynote Panel — Immigration: A Regional Perspective Moderator: Dina Siegel Vann His Excellency Francisco Altschul His Excellency Julio Alejandro Ligorría Reyna Torres Mendívil |
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
8:00 am |
Registration and Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Welcome |
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8:40 am |
Panel I — A Shared Responsibility? U.S. Foreign Policy and Immigration Moderator: Tony Payan, Ph.D. Roberta S. Jacobson Oscar Chacón |
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10:00 am |
Panel II — Domestic Policy and the Politics of Immigration Moderator: Charles C. Foster Sylvia Manzano, Ph.D. (click here to view slides) Marc R. Rosenblum, Ph.D. (click here to read remarks) |
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Noon |
Keynote Luncheon Maria Hinojosa |
To view the entire conference, please click below:
Video 1 - Immigration: A Regional Perspective
Video 2 - A Shared Responsibility? U.S. Foreign Policy and Immigration
Video 3 - Domestic Policy and the Politics of Immigration