UM Law Professors David Abraham, Elizabeth Iglesias, JoNel Newman, Kunal Parker and Irwin P. Stotzky participated in the Migrants and Migrations conference organized by Dr. Edmund Abaka, director of the University of Miami’s Africana Studies Program.

The conference, Migrants and Migrations: Immigration and the Notions of Citizenship in a Changing World, was held October 31 to November 2, 2008 on the University’s Coral Gables campus. The two-day event brought together academics, lawyers, advocates, policy makers, representatives of immigrant communities, and politicians to engage in a dialogue on immigration in the United States. It was sponsored by the University’s Africana Studies Program and the Departments of History, International Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, American Studies and Latin American Studies.

On November 1, Professor Newman, who directs the Health & Elder Law Clinic, discussed “HIV/AIDS & Immigration” during the conference’s Immigration and Health Care session. EJW Fellow Olga Porven also participated in this session while Aziza Botchway, director of the Joint Program on Law, Public Policy and Ethics, moderated the session.

Professors Abraham, Iglesias, and Stotzky participated in the conference’s The Economics of Immigration and Migrant Flows roundtable session, where they each made presentations. Professor Abraham spoke on “The Economics of Immigration & Immigration and Citizenship.” Professor Iglesias spoke about “The Economics of Migrant Flows.” Professor Stotzky spoke on immigration reform with a presentation titled “Immigration Reforms: What Now?” The session was held at the University’s School of Architecture.

Kunal Parker, a fall 2008 visiting professor at the Law School, also participated in the conference’s Immigrants and the African-American Narrative session, where he discussed “Foreigners: The Status of African-Americans in the Civil War.”

posted 15-January-2009