CCIS Events on UCSD-TV
In cooperation with UCSD-TV, the Center televises 2-4 of its
research seminars and/or conferences per year. UCTV reaches
almost 12 million homes nationwide via Dish Network satellite
(Channel 9412) and on local cable channels throughout California
(see www.uctv.tv/cable for details). For additional air dates
and times, viewers can search UCTV's program schedule at www.uctv.tv.
UCTV is also streamed live at the website.
Each program is broadcast at least six times on UCSD-TV and
at least 15 times on UCTV. The programs are also carried on
about a dozen cable television companies outside of San Diego.
Click on the links below to view the videos of your choice.
“U.S. Immigration Reform: Can The System Be Repaired?”
(UCSD-TV, February 2006)
Bringing
it Back Home: Recent Trends in Migrant Remittances to Mexico
May 2004
Fernando Lozano (demographer, Centro Regional de Investigaciones
Multidisciplinarias / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
analyzes recent trends in migrant remittances to Mexico as well
as the social, economic, and political consequences associated
with the rapid growth of these financial transfers.
Rolling
Back Immigrant and Refugee Rights in the United States: The
Aftermath of 9/11
November 2003
Academics and legal practitioners review the erosion of immigrant
and refugee rights caused by various national security measures
implemented (and planned) by the U.S. government in the period
since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Establishing
Immigrant Identity: Policy Debates over "Matriculas Consulares"
and Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented
October 2003
Diplomats, academic researchers, and bank officials discuss
the issues surrounding proposals to offer driver's licenses
and identity cards to unauthorized immigrants who need documents
to establish their identity in the United States.
Anti-Immigrant
Vigilante Activity in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
October 2003
The recent shift of unauthorized border crossings from California
to the central Arizona border in response to changes in U.S.
border enforcement strategy has fueled an upsurge in organized
anti-immigrant vigilante activity. A panel of academics and
practitioners discuss the historical context of vigilante movements,
the human rights consequences of their actions to migrants,
and prospects for legally curbing such activities.
A
Tale of Two Borders: Canada and Mexico
June 2003
Brown University political scientist Peter Andreas compares
how post-9/11 security concerns have affected enforcement along
the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders. UCSD's Wayne Cornelius
comments on the efficacy of U.S. border enforcement strategy
during the last ten years.
Forced
Migration, Global Security, and Humanitarian Assistance
December 2002
Scholars and non-academic professionals working with refugees
address current themes in forced migration through a combination
of theoretical and practical approaches. Topics include: the
causes of refugee flows, their impact on receiving countries,
implications for international security, and humanitarian responses.
Echando
Raices/Taking Root: Immigrant and Refugee Communities in California
and Iowa (UCSD Guestbook: Janna Shadduck-Hernandez)
June 2002
Documentary producer Janna Shadduck-Hernandez shares clips from
her new film on how immigration has affected life in receiving
communities in California and Iowa with Wayne Cornelius, director
of UCSD's Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.
Redefining
The Boundaries of Belonging: Thoughts on Transnational Religious
and Political Life
April 2002
Author Peggy Levitt describes how immigrants to six Boston neighborhoods
have kept their ties to their homelands by belonging to transnational
religious organizations and political movements in this talk
sponsored by the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.
The
International Maid Trade
March 2002
SDSU's Kristin Maher joins Rachel Salazar Parrenas of the University
of Wisconsin to discuss how immigrant women, particularly those
emigrating from Latin America and the Philippines, are drawn
into the international maid trade. This series is sponsored
by UCSD's Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.
Migrant
Labor in the West
May 2001
In celebration of the legacy of César Chávez,
the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies hosts a symposium
on the state of migrant labor and the political viability of
proposed "guest worker" programs now being considered
in Congress.
Immigration
and US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
June 2000
UCSD Political Scientist Marc Rosenblum walks through the changes
in US immigration policy since the end of the Cold War.
Educating
Immigrant Children
January 1999
UCSD's Wayne Cornelius, San Diego School Superintendent Alan
Bersin, "English for the Children's" Ron Unz and others
debate how to best teach immigrant children in the post-Prop.
227 California.
