Human Rights Dialogues: Xenophobia and Migration in the Southwest Border Region

Location: UT Law School, Francis Auditorium (TNH 2.114)

This public panel discussion on xenophobia at the U.S.-Mexico border featured United Nations experts, scholars, organizers, and policymakers in dialogue with the community. The discussion began with remarks by Rep. Greg Casar.

Panelists:

Dr. Pablo Ceriani Cernadas, UN Committee on Migrant Workers

Dr. Ibrahima Guissé, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Professor Rebecca Sharpless, Author of Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air, University of Miami School of Law

Claudia Muñoz, Community organizer, Organiza Texas

Supporters

Immigration Clinic at UT School of Law, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice, Texas Global, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis, Latin American Initiative at Texas Law, Latino Studies, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Center for Asian American Studies, John L. Warfield Center for African & African Diaspora Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)

Event series: Other Speakers