Immigration & the 2024 US Election
Join the NYU Migration Network for a day-long event to cut through the campaign season rhetoric on immigration and provide a clear breakdown of the stakes involved in this election.
Day: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 10:00am - 3:30pm EDT
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Room: Greenberg Lounge
Panel 1: 10:30AM
The Election and US Immigration Policies
Panelists
Murad Awawdeh, New York Immigration Coalition
Cristina Beltran, NYU Arts & Science
Muz Chishti, Migration Policy Institute
Natasha Iskander, NYU Migration Network and Wagner
Moderator: Sylvia Maier, NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs
Panel 2: 12:30PM
Immigration: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Panelists
Howard F. Chang, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center
Tara Watson, The Brookings Institution
Moderator: Komal Patel Murali, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Panel 3: 2:15PM
NYU & New Arrivals to NYC
Panelists
Marygrace Berberian, NYU Steinhardt
Honey Crawford, NYU Arts & Science
Spyros D. Orfanos, NYU Arts & Science
Luiselena Gutierrez, NYU Student
Seung Yeon Lee, NYU Steinhardt
Molly Schaeffer, Director, NYC Office of Asylum Seeker Operations
Moderator: Sophie Gonick, NYU Arts & Science