Latin American ambassadors to the U.S. will participate in panel on the unaccompanied children immigration crisis
On Monday, September 29, the Moynihan Institute of Global
Affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School will host a panel discussion
titled “Confronting the Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis: Perspectives
from Central America, Mexico, and the United States.” Panelists will
include: Francisco Altschul, ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S.; Julio
Ligorría, ambassador of Guatemala to the U.S.; Marc Rosenblum, deputy director
of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute; and
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexico
Affairs at the Maxwell School. James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell
School, will serve as moderator.
The panelists’ discussion will focus on the recent surge of
unaccompanied children from Central America seeking entrance to the United
States to escape violence and poverty in their home countries. The result
has been a crisis on multiple fronts, which is only further complicated by the
cross-border nature of the phenomenon. The panel will bring together
experts from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and the United States to discuss
the medium- and long-term solutions to this problem, as well as to explore each
country’s perspectives and identify potential areas for cooperation.
The event will take place at 12:30 pm in 220 Eggers
Hall. It is sponsored by the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs of the Maxwell School and by the
Migration Policy Institute. 09/23/14