<p class="AlignCenter">The 5th Conference on Immigration to the US South (formerly Conference on Immigration to the Southeast) is a multidisciplinary meeting focusing on immigration and its impact in the US South. Conference panels will also engage in comparative analysis of other regions and bring in transnational and global perspectives. Under the theme, &ldquo;Immigration Reform and Beyond,&rdquo; the conference will feature keynote presentations by Archbishop Thomas Wenski (Archbishop of Miami), Dr. Mae Ngai&nbsp; (Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University), and Monica Ramirez (El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante). In addition, several conference presentations aim to promote an understanding of short-term and long-term challenges of immigration reform. Other panels will focus on undocumented youth, immigrant detention, legal and policy issues, media and public opinion, immigrant health and education issues, and best practices in community-based and faith-based organizing.</p>
<p class="AlignCenter"><strong><a href="http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/SSP/1400041408" target="_blank">Register for the conference here</a></strong><br />
Registration deadline is October 13, 2014&nbsp;</p>
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<a href="http://www.latam.ufl.edu/Data/Sites/43/media/final-program-to-review-9-15-14.pdf" target="_blank"><span>Conference Program</span></a></h2>
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