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Immigration Reform and Human Rights on the Border–Conference March 4-5

February 8, 2010

A conference organized by the International Relations Institute and the Center for Latin American and Border Studies, NMSU

Thursday March 4 – Friday March 5, 2010

The following presentations are all free and open to the public. Unless otherwise stated, they will take place at the Anderson Hall Auditorium (formerly known as Physical Science Lab, PSL), located on south side of Stewart Street between Sweet and Espina.

Thursday, March 4, 7.00 pm:

David Bacon (writer and photojournalist)

“The Human Rights Alternative to Displacement and Criminalization”

Also by David Bacon:

Photo exhibit “Under The Trees,”  documenting lives of Mixtec migrants from Oaxaca in California,

Nason House (Center for Latin American and Border Studies) Exhibit inauguration Thursday, March 4, 3.00 pm

Exhibit will run until April 1. For more about David Bacon’s work, see his website at:

http://dbacon.igc.org/Imgrants/imgrants.htm

Friday March 4: Panel Presentations and Discussion (see over)

Friday, March 5: Panel Presentations and Discussion

at the Anderson Hall Auditorium (formerly known as Physical Science Lab, PSL), located on south side of Stewart Street between Sweet and Espina.

9.00 am – Jan Rus and Diane Rus (UC Riverside) “Trapped Behind the Lines: Undocumented Indigenous Workers from Highland Chiapas, 2001-2010”

10.30 am –  David R. Ayón (Loyola Marymount University)  “Overcoming Immigration Policy Failure and Enhancing Bilateral Cooperation”

2.00 pm – NMSU faculty and student presentations:

Pat Sandau-Beckler and Monica Montoya (School of Social Work, NMSU) “Immigration and Child Protection Issue on the US-Mexico Border”

Alison Newby (Department of Sociology, NMSU) “Immigration Detention Policies and Human Rights”

Neil Harvey and Students (Department of Government and Center for Latin American and Border Studies) “Documenting Human Rights through Youth Media on the US-Mexico Border”

3.45 pm – Roundtable discussion on immigration policy with:

Johnny Young, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and

Vicki Gaubeca, American Civil Liberties Union-New Mexico, Regional Center for Border Rights

5.00 pm – conclusions and next steps

More information: Roberta Gran (International Relations Institute, NMSU) rgran@nmsu.edu, tel: (575) 646-7041

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