Migrant Protection and the City in the Americas

This book aims to establish a dialogue around the various "urban sanctuary" policies and other formal or informal practices of hospitality toward migrants that have emerged or been strengthened in cities in the Americas in the last decade. The authors articulate local governance initiatives in migrant protection with a larger range of social and political actors and places them within a broader context of migrations in the Western Hemisphere (including case studies of Toronto, New York, Austin, Mexico City, and Lima, among others). The book analyzes in particular the limits of local efforts to protect migrants and to identify the latitude of action at the disposal of local actors. It examines the efforts of municipal governments and also considers the role taken by cities from a larger perspective, including the actions of immigrant rights associations, churches, NGOs, and other actors in protecting vulnerable migrants. Laurent Faret is Professor of Geography at the University of Paris Diderot, France, and Researcher at the Center for Social Studies of Africa, the Americas, and Asia (CESSMA). Hilary Sanders is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.

Auteur

Laurent Faret is Professor of Geography at the University of Paris Diderot, France, and Researcher at the Center for Social Studies of Africa, the Americas, and Asia (CESSMA).

Hilary Sanders is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.

Texte du rabat
This book aims to establish a dialogue around the various urban sanctuary policies and other formal or informal practices of hospitality toward migrants that have emerged or been strengthened in cities in the Americas in the last decade. The authors articulate local governance initiatives in migrant protection with a larger range of social and political actors and places them within a broader context of migrations in the Western Hemisphere (including case studies of Toronto, New York, Austin, Mexico City, and Lima, among others). The book analyzes in particular the limits of local efforts to protect migrants and to identify the latitude of action at the disposal of local actors. It examines the efforts of municipal governments and also considers the role taken by cities from a larger perspective, including the actions of immigrant rights associations, churches, NGOs, and other actors in protecting vulnerable migrants.
Laurent Faret is Professor of Geography at the University of Paris Diderot, France, and Researcher at the Center for Social Studies of Africa, the Americas, and Asia (CESSMA).

Hilary Sanders is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.

Contenu
Chapter 1. IntroductionLaurent Faret and Hilary Sanders
Part 1 - Protecting migrants in practice : tensions and limits in North America
Chapter 2. Tucson, Arizona, from the Central American sanctuary movement to the contemporary immigrants' rights movementAuthor : James Cohen (University of Paris - Sorbonne Nouvelle)

Chapter 3. Reacting to the sanctuary city crackdown: the limits of migrant protection in (post-2016) New York CityAuthor : Hilary Sanders (University of Toulouse - Jean Jaurès)
Chapter 4. Austin, TX : The Intersection between the #19TooMany movement and overlapping layers of governance in a self-named Welcoming CityAuthor : Rocio A. Castillo (El Colegio de México)
Chapter 5. Sanctuary, Surveillance, and the City: The Case of Toronto, CanadaAuthor : Graham Hudson (Ryerson University)
Chapter 6. A Responsible and Committed City: Montreal's Sanctuary PolicyAuthor : Idil Atak (Ryerson University)
Part II : Nascent protective policies in Latin America
Chapter 7. Sello Migrante or restrictive hospitality: The case of Quilicura in Santiago, ChileAuthors: Claudia Arellano (University of Chile) and Cristián Orrego (University of Chile)
Chapter 8. Has Mexico City truly become a Ciudad hospitalaria? Insights from the Central American migration experience in the metropolitan contextAuthor: Laurent Faret (Paris Diderot University / IRD-CIESAS)
Chapter 9. Welcome or Expel? Migratory Dilemmas in TijuanaAuthors: María Dolores París Pombo (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana) and Verónica Montes (Bryn Mawr College)
Chapter 10. Urban Fragility and integration policies of immigrant communities in San José, Costa RicaAuthors: Isabel Avendaño Flores (University of Costa Rica) and Abelardo Morales Gamboa (National University of Costa Rica)
Chapter 11. Lima as a welcoming city for the Venezuelan migrant population : problems and challengesAuthors: Isabel Berganza Setién (Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Univeristy) and Cécile Blouin (Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru)
Chapter 12. Conclusion