(NAME-MCE) MPI Co-Sponsors Immigration Policy Series in New York

[Anselmo Villanueva]

 The Migration Policy Institute, Women of Color Policy Network at NYU's
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the National Council of
La Raza, and NYU Wagner's Alliance of Latino and Latin American Students
presents
*
With Liberty and Justice for All: Immigration Policy Reform in a Down
Economy*

President Barack Obama won over many immigrant and Latino voters by
promising to tackle immigration reform his first year in office. The fragile
economy, coupled with high unemployment rates, have many wondering if the
new Administration will be able to deliver on its promise. With nearly 12
million unauthorized immigrants living and working in the United States,
immigration reform remains a pressing topic of concern for communities and
cities across the country.

This series co-sponsored by the Migration Policy Institute, Women of Color
Policy Network at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,
the National Council of La Raza, and NYU Wagner's Alliance of Latino and
Latin American Students will bring together leading scholars, policy
analysts, advocates, and practitioners to discuss the prospects of
immigration reform in a vulnerable economy; raids and detention center
abuses; the impact of immigration on women and families; pathways to
citizenship; and what issues the new Administration should prioritize.

*Shifting Communities:
Race, Immigration and Politics in American Suburbs*
April 23, 2009

Fueled by rising immigration from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the
Caribbean, US suburbs are undergoing unparalleled demographic and
institutional transformations. Despite these shifts, the socioeconomic and
political implications of recent immigrant and ethnic minority
suburbanization remain severely understudied. In this discussion, UCLA
Assistant Professor Lorrie Frasure will examine factors and influences that
advance or discourage the socioeconomic and political incorporation of
immigrants and ethnic minorities living in American suburban jurisdictions.
MPI Demographer and Senior Policy Analyst Randy Capps will provide opening
remarks.

*Location:* Rudin Family Forum, The Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd
Floor, New York, NY 10012-9604
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*A Country of One's Own:
Race, Class, Gender and Immigration Policy in the United States
*April 28, 2009

Twenty years ago, fewer than 20 percent of the people crossing the border
illegally were women. Today, women make up 50 percent, or 14 million, of the
US foreign-born population. Of those, an estimated 58 percent are legal
immigrants and as many as 42 percent are unauthorized migrants to the United
States. Unlike their male counterparts, immigrant women are often caught in
a double bind and suffer abuse and violence crossing the borders and on the
job. They also tend to receive inadequate and low wages, have higher family
caretaking demands, and reproductive health care needs. This panel of policy
experts, advocates, and practitioners will focus on strategies for
incorporating the needs of immigrant women and families in immigration
policy at the local, state, and federal levels.

Discussants:

   - Irasema Garza, President, Legal Momentum (Moderator)
   - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Deputy Director, National Latina Institute for
   Reproductive Health
   - Rinku Sen, Executive Director, Applied Research Center
   - Olga Vives, Executive Vice President, National Organization for Women
   - Miriam Yeung, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific Women's Forum

*Date:* April 28, 2009
*Time:* 6:00pm - 8:00pm
*Location:* Rudin Family Forum, The Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd
Floor, New York, NY 10012-9604
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