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The Mudd Center for Ethics at ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ will host a conference on “The Ethics of Immigration” as a part of its series on “The Ethics of Citizenship” on November 6 & 7 at ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ. The conference will address questions about the moral status of national borders, the normative foundation of the modern state’s right to control immigration, the connection between immigration and citizenship, the gendered and racial dimensions of migration and immigration policy, the ethics of journalistic coverage of immigration, and the ethical status of undocumented migration, among other issues. It will also feature a lunchtime panel discussion about some of the ethical challenges surrounding current U.S. immigration policy. 

Conference Schedule

Friday, November 6, Stackhouse Theater

• 4:30 pm – Keynote Address: Joseph Carens, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, “Immigration and Citizenship"

Saturday, November 7, Hillel House Multipurpose Room

• 8:30-9:00 am – Continental Breakfast
• 9:00-10:10 am – 
  • , Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political Science, UC-Berkeley, “Immigration and the Limits of Democracy" 
  • Commentator: Robin Le Blanc, Professor of Politics and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, W&L
• 10:20-11:30 am – 
  • , Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, “Unlocking Global Care Chains: Toward a Promising Feminist Approach to Immigration Justice"
  • Commentator: Melina Bell, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, W&L
• 11:40 am-12:40 pm – 
  • , Associate Professor of Sociology, UC-Berkeley, “Unauthorized Welfare: The Origins of Immigration Status Restrictions in American Social Policy"
  • Commentator: Jon Eastwood, Laurent Boetsch Term Associate Professor of Sociology, W&L
• 1:00-2:20 pm – Lunch/Lunch Panel Discussion
  
  • David Baluarte, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, W&L
  • Margaret Hu, Assistant Professor of Law, W&L
  • , Senior Counselor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • David Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Moderator: , Associate Professor of Business Administration, W&L
• 2:30-3:40 pm – 
  • Linda Bosniak, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law-Camden, “Wrongs, Rights, and Irregular Immigrants"
  • Commentator: David Baluarte, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, W&L
• 3:50-5:00 pm – 
  • , Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Southern California, “Media Insiders and Media Outsiders: Ethical Issues in the News Coverage of Immigration" 
  • Commentator: Aly Colón, Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics, W&L
• 5:10-6:20 pm –
  • , award-winning novelist and memoirist, “The Distance Between Us: Immigration and the American Dream" 
  • Commentator: Ellen Mayock, Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish, W&L