Getting Some Perspective on Immigration

Getting Some Perspective on Immigration will provide a context to the immigration debate by exploring immigration myths - that the United States' immigration challenge is unique in the world, and that America has always been a nation welcoming of immigrants. The conference will also look at myths that dominate the discussion in Minnesota and at the local level. Facilitated break-out sessions will build on this contextual information and allow conference participants an opportunity to articulate a set of common goals or values that should undergird immigration policy. Their observations and recommendations will be presented to a panel of state and local policymakers.

This conference was made possible in part by a contribution from the University of Minnesota's Immigration History Research Center.

Conference Agenda

9:00 a.m. Global Perspective
Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute

9:45 a.m. Historical Perspective
Donna Gabaccia, Professor and President, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota

10:40 a.m. Audience Q&A
Michael LeMay, Professor Emeritus, California State University
Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute
Donna Gabaccia, Professor and President, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota

11:30 a.m. Lunch: Myths About Immigration: A Public Policy Perspective
Katherine Fennelly, Professor, University of Minnesota

12:45 p.m. Debate at the Local Level
Joe Amato, professor and director emeritus, Rural and Regional Studies, Southwest State University

Loan Huynh, attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, and immediate past chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Julia Morgan, immigration advocate, Hennepin County, Human Services and Public Health Department, Office of Multicultural Services

Francisco Segovia, director, Waite House Community Center

2:30 p.m. Response to summary of values discussion
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
Austin Mayor Bonnie Rietz

When

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Where

Cowles Auditorium
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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More Information

For more information and disability accommodations, please call (612) 625-5340 or
e-mail cspg@umn.edu.

Cooperating Organizations included the Chicano Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, Citizens League, the League of Women Voters Minnesota, and Neighborhood House.

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