New Perspectives on Migration and Governance in the Americas

October 11, 2024 - 8:30 am

Skylight Room
The Graduate Center, CUNY

Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a transformation in their migratory landscape. In this event, a multidisciplinary group of scholars will discuss cutting-edge research into new trends in immigration governance across the region. In this day-long event, presenters will discuss issues of violence, borders, race, rights, asylum, integration and other important aspects of novel research into Latin American migration.

 

More than ten speakers including Rebecca Galemba (University of Denver); Amelia Frank-Vitale (Princeton University); Jennifer Gordon (Fordham University); Caitlyn Yates (University of British Columbia); and Wendy Vogt (Indiana University, Indianapolis).

*Registration begins at 8:30 AM

Co-sponsored by the M.A. Program in International Migration Studies.

 

SCHEDULE:

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Opening: Welcoming Remarks, Enrique Desmond Arias & Els de Graauw

9:20 AM – 11:00 AM

Panel 1: Rights, the State, and Multi-Level Governance of Migration

Chair: David Brotheron, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY

  • “The Governance of Work for Migrants and Refugees: Lessons from Venezuelans in Colombia and Brazil,” Jennifer Gordon, Fordham University
  • “Navigating Multi-Level Policies: Updates from the NYC Migrant “Crisis,” Felicia Arriaga, Edwin Grimsley, and Massoma Amin, Baruch College, CUNY
  • “Documentation as State-Building: Colombia’s Rights-Based Approach to Immigration Governance and Lessons for the Global North,” Andrés Besserer, The Graduate Center, CUNY

11:00 AM  – 11:20 AM

 Coffee Break

11:20 AM – 1:00 PM

Panel 2: Violence, Borders, and Transit Migration

Chair: Rob Smith, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

  • “The Race is Not Always to the Swift: Graduated Enforcement of Transit Control Regimes in Latin America,” Caitlyn Yates, University of British Columbia
  • “Everything is Different, Nothing has Changed: Historical and Emerging Circulations of Violence and Profit along Mexico’s Arterial Border and Beyond,” Wendy Vogt, Indiana University Indianapolis
  • “Migration and Violence: The Grey Zone on the Colombia-Panama Border,” Enrique Desmond Arias, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY 

1:00-1:45 PM Lunch Break

1:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Panel 3: Care, Asylum, Reception and Repulsion

Chair: Michael Sharpe, York College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

  • “Coyotaje as Care: Honduran Migration, Border Expansion, and the Making of Accidental Smugglers,” Amelia Frank-Vitale, Princeton University
  • “Comparing Reception-Repulsion of Asylum Seekers in Denver, Colorado and Chiapas, Mexico,” Rebecca Galemba, University of Denver
  • “Tracing the Impacts of Country Conditions Data Obfuscation on Asylum Adjudication,” Sarah Bishop, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • “Where do Haitians Fit? Locating Haitian Migrants in South-South Migration Regimes of Latin America,” Krystina François, The Graduate Center, CUNY

3:30 PM Coffee Served

3:45 PM  – 4:30 PM 

Workshop Discussion (Q&A Session)

4:30 PM

Closing Remarks, Enrique Desmond Arias and Andrés Besserer

TO REGISTER send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu  or use this link