1. 2/2, Toronto, Canada - Seminar on liberal states and the ethical challenges of immigration detention
2. 2/7, Washington, DC - House hearing on maritime security and trade facilitation (witness list added)
3. 2/10, San Diego, CA - UCSD Conference on immigration
4. 2/22-24, Arlington, VA - Certificate program course on immigration and development
5. 2/29-3/3, Toronto, Canada - Immigration at the National Metropolis Conference
6. 3/6-7, Phoenix, AZ - Border security expo and conference

1. The Ethical Challenges of Immigration Detention in Liberal States

12:30–2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2012
Room 519, York Research Tower, York University
Toronto, Ontario
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/keele_map.html

Speaker:
Stephanie Silverman, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Moderator:
Luin Goldring, Associate Professor, Sociology, York University; CERIS Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration Domain Leader

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2. Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation: Protecting our Ports, Increasing Commerce and Securing the Supply Chain – Part I

House Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012
311 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-balancing-maritim...

Witness List:
To be announced

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3. Politics and Governance: Third Annual University of California Conference on International Migration

8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012
Weaver Conference Center, Institute of the Americas
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0548
La Jolla, CA 92093-0548
http://ccis.ucsd.edu/2012/02/university-of-california-international-migr...

8:30-10:00 a.m.
PANEL 1. Local Policy Responses

Speakers:
Karthick Ramakrishnan, UCR
Jennifer Chacon, UCI
Angela Garcia, UCSD

Discussant:
Zoli Hajnal, UCSD

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
PANEL 2. Unauthorized Migration

Speakers:
Wayne Cornelius, UCSD
Frank Bean, UCI
Ruben Hernandez-Leon, UCLA

Discussant:
Esther Castillo, UCI

1:30-3:00 p.m.
PANEL 3. Latino Politics

Speakers:
Cristina Mora, UCB
Rodney Hero, UCB
David Sears, UCLA
Susan Bibler Coutin, UCI

Discussant:
Susan Brown, UCI

3:30-5:00 p.m.
PANEL 4. Refugees and Security

Speakers:
Phil Wolgin, Center for American Progress (formerly UCB)
Claire Adida, UCSD
Kate Jastram, UCB
Robbie Totten, UCLA/CCIS

Discussant:
David Pedersen, UCSD

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4. Certificate in International Migration Studies

XCPD-706 - Migration and Development

Course Description: This course focuses on the two sides of the migration and development nexus: the impact of development (or the lack thereof) on the movements of people and the impact of migration on the development of mid and low income countries. The course will examine trends in migration from and within developing countries, including economic, social, demographic, political, environmental and other factors that influence population movements. It also examines the relationship between international migration and such issues as economic growth and competitiveness, human development, poverty alleviation, trade, social support systems, health and education. The role of remittances and Diaspora contributions to development are further areas of interest. The course focuses also on legal frameworks and institutional arrangements that will enhance international cooperation to address the nexus between migration and development. A key issue is the application of in! ternational human and labor rights law on the developmental aspects of migration.

Course Objectives:

At the completion of the course, a successful student will be able to:

* Discuss the impact of development on the movements of people and the impact of migration on the development of mid and low income countries.

* Recognize trends in migration from and within developing countries.

* Describe the relationship between international migration and economic growth and competitiveness, human development, poverty alleviation, trade, social support systems, health and education.

* Discuss the application of international human and labor rights law on the developmental aspects of migration.

Location:
Clarendon Room 238
3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA
http://scs.georgetown.edu/courses/236/migration-and-development?ref=prog...

Class Meets: Wedesday-Friday, February 22-25, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $895.00, 2.4 CEUs

Instructor: Susan Martin

Register: https://portal.scs.georgetown.edu/TPSStudentPortal/ViewCart.aspx

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5. Future Immigration Policies: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada

The Twelfth Annual National Metropolis Conference

February 29-March 3, 2012
Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
http://www.metropolis2012.net/program

Immigration-related plenary sessions:

Thursday, March 1, 2012
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Immigration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Global economies are undergoing significant changes driven by demographic shifts, development trends, and technological advances. Many argue that innovation will be key to the continued prosperity of the world’s developed economies and that immigration will be a significant factor in maintaining their capacity for innovation. This panel will assess how immigration enhances Canada’s ability to innovate for economic benefit and Canada’s ability to attract and support entrepreneurial and innovative immigrants. What are the best conditions under which to attract entrepreneurs and innovators to Canada? Are there models elsewhere that Canadian policy makers should consider? How do we assess the contributions of immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs to the Canadian and, indeed, the global economy?

Geoffrey Cameron, Research Associate, Oxford Martin School, Oxford University

Raymond Chang, Chancellor of Ryerson University

Henry Wang, Director General, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Inter-Sectoral Co-operation on Health Inequities

As the populations of Canada’s cities grow through immigration, with some approximating 50% foreign born, public health agencies are having to adjust their policy thinking, their service delivery methods, and their understandings of public health itself. This plenary session will examine the administration of public health in cities with large immigrant and visible minority populations. In particular, presenters will consider inter-sectoral co-operation in the administration of public health, asking how local, provincial, and national authorities can work together most effectively to deal with health inequities amongst the immigrant, ethnic, and Canadian-born groups in Canada. The speakers will illustrate their views through specific examples including chronic disease and will incorporate current thinking on the social determinants of health in their analysis of trends in health status inequities amongst groups. Canadian speakers will be joined on the panel by tho! se from The Netherlands and the United States in the search for best practices on co-ordinating services across jurisdictions.

David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency Canada

Notisha Massaquoi, Executive Director, Women's Health in Women's Hands

Shama Desai Ahuja, Director, Surveillance and Epidemiology Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Anton A.H.M. van Dijk, Director of Public Health, city of The Hague, Regional Director of Medical Disaster Management

Friday, March 2, 2012
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Policy Address - Managing immigration and integration in Canada: the complexities of multiple jurisdictions

The Constitution of Canada assigns jurisdiction over immigration to both the federal and provincial governments. In the postwar period, the federal government dominated immigration policy and the management of immigration. Since the Canada-Quebec immigration accord of 1991, the provinces have taken more interest in managing migration and settlement, a role that they have consolidated through bi-lateral settlement agreements and the various Provincial Nominee Programs across the country. Municipalities are also formalizing their involvement in immigrant settlement as signatories to federal-provincial accords and partners in planning settlement services. Furthermore, the business and academic sectors are playing stronger roles through the admission of students and temporary foreign workers. How can the competing interests that these actors bring to the immigration stage be navigated to ensure that immigration is managed in the best interests of Canadians? How should munici! palities and other emerging stakeholders be incorporated into immigration policy-making? Finally, how should responsibilities for selection, settlement, and enforcement be assigned to federal and provincial governments to ensure recognition of immigration as a national project and respect for the diverse circumstances of the provinces?

Keith Banting, Professor, Department of Political Studies and Research Chair in Public Policy, Queen’s University

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Diversity, Super-diversity and Belonging

Over the last 60 years, high immigration levels have greatly increased the diversity of Canadian society especially in our largest cities where a condition sometimes called “super-diversity” now exists. Super-diversity connotes a diversification of diversity in a city where the number of countries of origin has come to far exceed historical patterns, where migrants have a diversity of legal statuses, a diversity of connections to their homelands and transnational communities, and a greater diversity of ways of living in and relating to their host society. In this plenary session, speakers will explore the implications of this emerging super-diversity,and attempt to determine what triggers belonging and societal participation among new-Canadians within this complex context. In discussing Canadian diversity and the multiple contexts in which it is manifest – from major urban areas where the immigrant population now represent a majority to rural and smalle! r municipalities who also have to take growing diversity into account – this session will explore different policy approaches to integration, including multiculturalism and interculturalism, and identify innovative ways to promote attachment and belonging to Canada.

Micheline Labelle, Professor and Director, Chaire de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté (CRIEC), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Angie Seth, Lead news anchor, OMNI News: South Asian Edition

Sarah Spencer, Deputy Director, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), Oxford University

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Community Resilience

The resilience of individuals and communities to major changes, to natural disasters, and to man-made disasters including terrorist attacks, is under-studied and under-appreciated by researchers and policy officials both. This session will attempt to break new ground in considering supports to enhance individual and community resilience as complements to enforcement-focussed approaches to national security and terrorism and institutional approaches to emergency preparedness and relief. Although resilience is a concept that can be applied throughout society, this session will give special attention to ethnic, racial, and religious minority community resilience.

Ron Levi, Associate Professor and Academic Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Mark Dechesne, Senior Researcher, Centre on Terrorism and Counterterrorism , The Hague/ Leiden University

Kerline Jospeh, Founder and Executive Director of Voix sans frontière

Saturday, March 3, 2012
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Refugee Integration: From Protection to Long-term Success

In the coming years, we can expect Canada to maintain its welcoming and humanitarian attitude towards the world’s refugees. Increasingly, we are receiving refugees, such as those from protracted refugee situations, with higher psychosocial, health, and other needs that require targeted and specialized services. Although integration outcomes for most refugees improve over time, for many others challenges persist in securing adequate income, employment and affordable housing. Further, education and social integration outcomes are a cause for concern for some refugee youth. How can Canada best fulfill its humanitarian commitment to provide protection to refugees while ensuring positive outcomes for their long-term quality of life in Canada? Combining research findings with examples of successful practice, this panel will explore how to provide refugees with services that will foster a good life in Canada. Speakers will look at the respective roles of government, servi! ce-providers, and community organizations in achieving desired outcomes.

Jennifer Hyndman, Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University

Farah Aw-Osman, Executive Director, Canadian Friends of Somalia

Johnny Young, Former Ambassador and Executive Director, Migration and Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Temporary Residency in a Society Built Upon Permanent Immigration

In recent years, temporary migration to Canada has grown in size and scope and encompasses many different types of migrants. This panel will focus on two specific categories of temporary residents – temporary foreign workers and international students. Speakers will respond to the growing interest in temporary residency and analyze its role within Canada`s suite of immigration policies and programs and the Canadian labour market. Among the many points of discussion are the respective roles of government, the private sector, and the education sector in selecting temporary residents, some of whom will change their status to that of permanent residency. Speakers will look at the role of the private sector in temporary labour migration, along with how the responsible use of temporary labour migration can be managed to benefit both businesses and the migrants themselves. Finally, speakers will address how existing or alternative pathways to permanent resident status co! uld enhance the successful settlement of
temporary residents.

Cindy Hames, Director, Global Field Resources, Ensign Energy Services Inc.

Phil Martin, Professor and Agricultural Economist, University of California

Naomi Alboim, Maytree Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University

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6. Sixth Annual Border Security Expo

March 6-7, 2012
Phoenix Convention Center, South Building, Hall F
100 North Third Street
Phoenix, AZ, 85004
http://www.bordersecurityexpo.com/

Conference Agenda:

Tuesday March 6, 9:00 a.m.
Extortion/Hijacking

Michael Johnson, Tucson Police Department, Gang Tactical Unit, Master Instructor, Safariland Training Group

10:00 a.m.
Deconfliction

Southwest Border HIDTA, Phoenix Sector - TBA

11:00 a.m.
Anatomy of a Human Smuggling Hostage Case

Shawn Crump, Group Supervisory Special Agent, U.S. Immigration & Investigative Services, DHS

Tim Crump, Technical Enforcement Officer, U.S. Immigration & Investigative Services, DHS

*(This session is restricted exclusively to U.S. law enforcement - identification required)

12:00 p.m.
GRANTS
How local, and state law enforcement officials can most effectively apply for and receive federal funding for their border security program- What’s the best process?

Vincent Siragusa, Grants Development Consultant, Grants Office

1:00 p.m.
Street Survival

Robert Jones, Mesa PD, POST Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor and member SWAT Team

2:00 p.m.
Border Crime in Cyberspace- Narco’s go Cyber

Brad Barker, President, HALO Corporation

3:00 p.m.
Stop n Frisk - Seize and Search & Proper Use of Force

John Howard, Primary Use of Force Instructor, Tucson Sector, U.S. Border Patrol

9:00 a.m.
KEYNOTE - Rick Perry, Governor, The State of Texas

11:00 a.m.
Cooperative Efforts between Mexico,Canada and the U.S. in Law Enforcement and Prosecution

Jayson Ahern, Principal, The Chertoff Group, and former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Alonzo Pena, Senior Subject Matter Expert, Mantech International and Former Deputy Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Robert Gilbert, Former Chief U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tucson Sector, and former Attache, Mexico City, DHS

Mike Cabana, Assistant Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (confirmed)

12:45 p.m.
Federal Agency Initiatives on Border Security Issues - What’s New?

Mathew Allen, Special Agent-in-Charge, ICE, Investigations, Phoenix*

James Turgal, FBI, Phoenix Sector, Special Agent-in-Charge

Douglas Coleman, Acting Special-Agent-in-Charge, DEA, Phoenix Sector

Elizabeth Kempshall, Director, Southwest Border Area, HIDTA, Arizona

2:00 p.m.
Local Enforcement of Local, State and Federal Immigration Law, operational impacts, impact on local and county budgets, staffing. Jail overcrowding, are cases being prosecuted, percentage of convictions, Criminal vs. Non- Criminal cases? (Lessons Learned)

Jeffrey Scott Kirkham, Chief, Nogales Police Department

Alan Rodbell, Chief, Scottsdale Police Department

Frank Milstead, Chief, Mesa Police Department

Captain Brian Lee, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

4:00 p.m.
Southwest Border Sheriff’s panel

Larry Dever, Cochise County, Arizona, and Chairman, Southwest Border Sheriff's Coalition

Zigi Gonzalez, Jr., Zapata County, Texas

Raymond Cobos, Luna County, New Mexico and member DHS Southwest Border Task Force

Wednesday March 7, 9:00 a.m.
Stop n Frisk - Seize and Search & Proper Use of Force

John Howard, Primary Use of Force Instructor, Tucson Sector, U.S. Border Patrol

10:00 a.m.
Extortion/Hijacking

Michael Johnson, Tucson Police Department, Gang Tactical Unit, Master Instructor, Safariland Training Group

11:00 a.m.
Anatomy of a Human Smuggling Hostage Case

Shawn Crump, Group Supervisory Special Agent, U.S. Immigration & Investigative Services, DHS

Tim Crump, Technical Enforcement Officer, U.S. Immigration & Investigative Services, DHS

*(This session is restricted exclusively to U.S. law enforcement - identification required)

12:00 p.m.
Street Survival

Robert Jones, Mesa PD, POST Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor and member SWAT Team

1:00 p.m.
Border Crime in Cyberspace- Narco’s go Cyber

Brad Barker, President, HALO Corporation

8:30 a.m.
KEYNOTE John Morton, Director, U.S. Department of Immigration & Customs Enforcement

11:15 a.m.
How do we measure success?

Mark Borkowski, Component Acquisition Executive & Assistant Commissioner, Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, Customs and Border Protection

11:55 a.m.
GRANTS
How local, and state law enforcement officials can most effectively apply for and receive federal funding for their border security program. What’s the best process?

Vincent Siragusa, Grants Development Consultant, Grants Office

1:00 p.m.
Room A - Securing Ports of Entry

Moderator/Chair
Nelson Balido – President, Border Trade Alliance

David Higgerson, Director Field Operations, Tucson, US Customs and Border Protection

Jeffrey Stanhope, Assistant Director Arizona Dept. of Public Safety

Acting Deputy Commissioner Tom Winkowski, US Customs and Border Protection

Room B - Southwest Border Violence-Trends- Intel Sharing
Spillover to the U.S - Is it real?/Are cartels targeting law enforcement

Chairman/Moderator:
Gary Shiffman, Managing Director, The Chertoff Group, former Chief-of-Staff, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and former Advisor National Security, within the US Senate

Roberto Villasenor, Chief, Tucson Police Department

Timothy Durst, Agent, U.S. Immigration and Homeland Investigations

Thomas Martin, Director, (ACTT) Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats*

2:00 p.m.
Room A - Border Enforcement by Land-Air-Sea (Detection and deterrence)

Ultra-planes - tunneling - sea vessels and self propelled narco subs - unmanned aerial vehicles

Moderator:
Ben Frankel, Editor-in-Chief, Homeland Security NewsWire

Phillip B. West, President, West Effective Solutions Technology, representing, Idaho National Labs

LCDR RM Roble, USCG Sector San Diego

Ronald Colburn, Principal, Command Consulting Group and Former Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, DHS

Richard Hines, Corporate Vice President of Engineering

Room B - Cross-border Supply Chain Security - Protecting your Maquila

Moderator/Chair:
Nelson Balido – President, Border Trade Alliance

Jaime Garcia, Delphi

Representative Jones, R.L. Jones Customhouse Brokers

Mark Borkowski, Assistant Commissioner Office of Technology and Innovation and Acquisition, US Customs and Border Protection

3:15 p.m.
Room A - Terrorists- Cartels- Money Laundering- Bulk Cash Smuggling

Moderator:
Anthony Kimery, Online Editor/Senior Reporter

Speakers:
Ken Rijock, Financial Crimes Consultant

Joeseph Burke, Unit Chief National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center, DHS

Room B - GANGS

* Investigation of prison gangs- What’s going on in prisons- Case studies

* How DTOs facilitate their operations on the U.S. side?

* Gangs and DTOs- Cross Border Operations

* Contact and Cover with known gang affiliates

Session Chairman
Frederick Zumbo, Arizona Department of Public Safety/IMPACT

Jerry Dunn, Unit Manager, Security Threat Group, Arizona Department of Corrections

Officer Michael Johnson, Tucson Police Department, Gang Tactical Unit, Master Instructor, Safariland Training Group

*(Closed door session restricted to law enforcement - identification required)