Regulating Unregulated Migration: European and U.S. Reactions to Immigration

Activity Type: 
Conference
Presenter: 
Mulitple
Date: 
Friday, May 4, 2012 (All day) to Saturday, May 5, 2012 (All day)
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 5th Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Contact Person: 
Allyson Delnore
Contact Phone: 
412-624-5404
Contact Email: 
adelnore@pitt.edu

Regulating Unregulated Migration:
European and U.S. Reactions to Immigration

Friday, May 4th
9:00-9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30-10:00 Welcome and Introductions
Suzanna Crage, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
Ronald Linden, Director, European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center

10-11:30 The EU & U.S.: Demographic trends
Martin Schain, Department of Politics, New York University

11:30-1:30 Lunch (for registered participants)
Presentation: Public opinion about migration in the US and selected European countries
Hamutal Bernstein, German Marshall Fund

1:45-3:15 US migration politics, Arizona immigration laws, US Courts
Marc Rosenblum, Congressional Research Service, U.S. Library of Congress
Luis F.B. Plascencia, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University

3:30-5:00 Approaches to controlling migration in Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Texas
Jan Ting, Beasley School of Law, Temple University
Shay Farlay, Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice Inc., Montgomery, AL
Faye Kolly, De Mott, McChesney, Curtright & Armendáriz, LLP, Immigration and Criminal Defense Attorneys, Austin, Texas

Saturday, May 5th

8:30-9:00 Continental breakfast

9:00-10:30 EU politics, policies, and practices
Kris Pollet, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Brussels, Belgium
Adam Luedtke, Political Science Dept., Stockton College

10:45-12:15 Migration control in the Mediterranean
Nick Vaughan-Williams, Dept. of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
Cetta Mainwaring, International Relations, Wadham College, Oxford University

All panels are free and open to the public.
Organized by Suzanna Crage, Dept of Sociology

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
European Union Center of Excellence
Non-University Sponsors: 
Department of Sociology
World Regions: 
Europe
International
European Union