Insights from the US-Mexico Border: Migration Policy and Its Human Dimensions
What does the current immigration enforcement landscape look like from the ground? Astrid Liden (BA Political Science and Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Columbia College; MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies and MPP, Oxford University), Communications Officer at the Hope Border Institute, joins us from El Paso, Texas, to share insights based on her ongoing work on both sides of the U.S-Mexico border. Liden will discuss the evolving policy landscape, its consequences for migrant communities, and the range of local, national, and regional responses shaping the current dynamics.
Moderated by: Page Fortna (Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy; Chair, Department of Political Science)
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Speaker Bio:
Astrid Liden (Rhodes Scholar, MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, University of Oxford
Hope Border Institute)
Astrid Liden holds an MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies and a Master of Public Policy, both from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Beginning with her time as an undergraduate at Columbia University, her research has focused on the social and political elements of the Venezuelan exodus, which evolved to examine the expansion of temporary protection mechanisms across Latin America and the United States. She has previously worked with the Community Sponsorship Hub through the Welcome Corps, providing expanded legal pathways for refugee sponsorship for migrants (including Venezuelans) and with Venezuelan & Immigrant Aid in New York. She has also served as a fellow at UNHCR Colombia and Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes Chile. Born in the United States, but raised between the United States and Venezuela, Astrid is currently based in El Paso, Texas, where she works for the Hope Border Institute, a Catholic strategy center responding to the realities of migration and mass deportations and supporting faith leaders locally, regionally, and globally.
