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Hot Topics Series
Millsaps
College is proud to continue its new series - HOT TOPICS - a
series of one-day conferences on controversial, confusing, and
important issues of our day. Each program in the series covers
a major current hot topic with discussion led by Millsaps professors
and invited expert speakers. The next installment of the series
will be about Immigration.
Immigration
March 8, 2008
We
will look at the current issue of immigration policy, including
issues of amnesty, physical barriers on our borders, whether
illegal immigrants are harmful or helpful to the economy, moral
issues, and at other "immigration crises" in American history.
Speakers will include policy experts who work in government advisory
capacities and historians looking at the recurring cycle of immigration
reform in the 21st century.
Schedule
- 8:30 - Registration and Coffee
- 9:00 - "The Many Returns of Immigration Crises in US History" - Ramon Figueroa, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Millsaps College
- 10:00 - "Reason Beyond the Hysteria" - Erik Fleming, Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance
- 11:00 - "A Catholic Charities Perspective on Immigration" - Mike Oropeza, Catholic Charities of Jackson, MS
- 12:00 - Lunch
- 1:00 - "Good Fences and Good Neighbors: What is the US Morally Obligated to do About Immigration?" - Patrick D. Hopkins, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Millsaps College
- 2:00 - Final Questions and Answers
- 3:00 - End of Conference
Other Information
- Registration Fee: $59
- If you desire .5 CEU credit, there will be an additional $10
charge, and you must attend all sessions.
- Information Contact: Dr. Patrick Hopkins 601-974-1293 or hopkipd@millsaps.edu
- Registration Contact: Continuing Education 601-974-11
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