Hosted biannually in South Florida, the Conference on Im/Migrant Well-Being brings together academics, policymakers and community partners to engage scholarship on im/migrants and their well-being, while also providing attendees with the tools to translate that work for greater impact outside the academy.
IWB2023:
A NEXUS FOR RESEARCH & POLICY
Border
Policies
Gatekeeping practices impact whether im/migrants remain in the US and attain legal status or experience detention or deportation. The scholarship in this panel examined the impact of bond hearings, deportation defense funds, electronic tracking monitors, and bureaucratic processes on im/migrants’ lives.
Social
Well-Being
Immigration institutions, policies, and programs affect the inclusion and exclusion of im/migrants in their communities, thus affecting their social well-being and opportunities for incorporation. This panel offers scholarship that both identifies these impacts and offers recommendations for improving im/migrant incorporation.
Physical &
Emotional Well-Being
In addition to their direct impact, policies and programs that touch the lives of im/migrants often have important effects on their physical and mental well-being. This panel focuses on the most vulnerable of those groups, including agricultural farmworkers and childhood arrivals, to bring attention to these ramifications.
Gatekeeping
Practices
Immigration institutions, policies, and programs affect the inclusion and exclusion of im/migrants in their communities, thus affecting their social well-being and opportunities for incorporation. This panel offered scholarship that both identified these impacts and offered recommendations for improving im/migrant incorporation.
